Confucius Quotes
Things have their roots and branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the Way.
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Love is important. I didn't have the energy to be giving it to somebody else in a way that they deserved, and I knew that. So I've always been scared to go too far with somebody I care for because I knew there would come a day when I'd need to pick up and finish a painting for the next three months. That day is inevitable.
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We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.
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There is no 'natural' order, only the way things are.
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I feel totally French – I don't feel half-French because of my dual nationality. For me, dual nationality just means I don't deny my roots.
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It will be undertaken, of course, in the June or July summit, and then to bring NATO closer to Russia or vice versa is a way to move toward integration - toward the integration of Europe.
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In a world that's smarter than it used to be and, in some ways, smarter than it ought to be, stupidity has a way of making us seem all the more human.
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My roots are in stand-up, and stand-up is very freeing. There's no script involved; you just fly.
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In general, all cancers have been traditionally characterized by the way they appear under the microscope and the organs in which they arise.
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In a way my reputation has become that of the curmudgeon.
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I'm a religious man. I pray for Milky Way.
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Regulators are going to have to come up with a way to treat Bitcoin that is balanced and thoughtful but also recognize that this is a global phenomenon.
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No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her won way is without enemies.
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The only way you know what it is to be a boxer is to be one.
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One, I push my deadlines closer than anybody else, or let's say it this way: I'm really late.
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Every writer uses his own way to motivate oneself.
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You can't hate the roots of a tree and not hate the tree. You can't hate Africa and not hate yourself.
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I have to earn re-election. That's the way I see it.
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Government can do best by simply getting out of the way.
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All labels are offensive in some way.
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You can't use irony as a way of disengaging with the difficult or emotional aspects of life.
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Humbled by the fact that never in a million years would I ever thought that I would be on the same stage with all these great Hall of Famers and enshrined to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
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We did some promotion work in small European clubs last summer and really enjoyed it. It gives people the chance to see you up close. We see all venues as a different challenge and we have songs that can work in all environments, even if we have to change the arrangements.
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And yet I am happy. Yes, happy. I swear. I swear that I am happy...What does it matter that I am a bit cheap, a bit foul, and that no one appreciates all the remarkable things about me-my fantasy, my erudition, my literary gift...I am happy that I can gaze at myself, for any man is absorbing-yes, really absorbing! ... I am happy-yes, happy!
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Things have their roots and branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the Way.
