Confucius Quotes
The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.Confucius
Quotes to Explore
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
Naveen Jain -
I have one son. Of everything I've done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.
Barbra Streisand -
Enhanced interrogation is not to be considered lightly, but the use of enhanced interrogation techniques does not require moral people to abandon their beliefs. Rather, it is precisely during these difficult times that one's beliefs about life, justice and mercy become indispensible.
Gary Bauer -
I consider the world, this Earth, to be like a school, and our life the classrooms.
Oprah Winfrey -
Dreams take you beyond what you think you can do in life.
Vikram Chatwal -
Food was always important in my family, but I didn't think of it as a vocation until a later point in life.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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Just to go into a shop without getting stared at would be nice. I mean, I don't walk around like, 'Oh, I'm trying to be famous' - I try to lead as normal a life as possible - but sometimes it's annoying. It's fine; it's not a massive problem, but sometimes it's just a bit uncomfortable.
Kate Moss -
I dreaded having a boring life when I grew up. And I certainly can't complain about being bored.
Ina May Gaskin -
I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Candice Bergen -
You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning.
Barbara Sher -
That's the kind of consumer society we live in. We're always looking for the next product that's going to change your life instead of just going out and changing your life.
Irvine Welsh -
The second you are handed a newborn it is yours. It doesn't matter what body it came out of. I've never felt more strongly about anything in my life.
Edie Falco
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I love karaoke. I love maudlin country ballads. In another life, I'd be Loretta Lynn.
Sam Taylor-Wood -
My first encounter with Marx's writings came very early in life, as a result of the strange times I grew up in, with Greece exiting the nightmare of the neofascist dictatorship of 1967-74.
Yanis Varoufakis -
The few times in my life where I had four or five movies in a row, it was a nightmare. I felt trapped. I felt like my life was planned for a year and a half or two years, and it was terrible. Most of the time, everything collapsed.
Vincent Cassel -
The amount of death terror experienced is closely related to the amount of life unlived.
Irvin D. Yalom -
I feel like my life has been very serendipitous and really kind of humorous. Everything that's happened to me has been like an, 'Omigod, are you kidding me?'
Vicki Lawrence -
I appreciate a lot in this life; the things you cannot buy. Life is only once. I am happy being here and all the things that are a risk I normally avoid.
Rafael Nadal
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I am fully equipped for the Divine Plan of my life.
Florence Scovel Shinn -
No, life has not disappointed me. On the contrary, I find it truer, more desirable and mysterious every year -- ever since the day when the great liberator came to me: the idea that life could be an experiment of the seeker for knowledge -- and not a duty, not a calamity, not trickery.
Friedrich Nietzsche -
We show each day that we are prepared to act as an independence state... Not just in exceptional moments.
Carles Puigdemont -
Jazz has the power to make men forget their differences and come together... Jazz is the personification of transforming overwhelmingly negative circumstances into freedom, friendship, hope, and dignity.
Quincy Jones -
I plan to send my liver somewhere in France, to protest foie gras (liver pate) … I plan to have handbags made from my skin … and an umbrella stand made from my seat.
Ingrid Newkirk -
The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
Confucius