Confucius Quotes
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I shouldn't say this, but I always love the sidekicks. I want to do a leading-lady role in a film - absolutely. But I find that a lot of times I get attracted to the sidekick role. They stand out a little more because they're quirkier, they're funnier, they're crazier.
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I still drink vodka; I'm not an advocate of drinking, but I'm no angel. I don't like grass, because it just makes me hungry.
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In the future, officials will feel more pressure to protect the environment. But how to assess the officials' efforts to protect the environment is still a pivotal issue.
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Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
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People now realize that globalization is not only for the multi-nationals and the circulation of money.
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What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.
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I always saw myself as a large stockholder trying to make a difference. I wasn't raiding anybody.
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As an Asian-American actor, I believe it is important to never settle for the status quo. I feel a responsibility to do everything in my power to create positive perceptions of Asian Americans through my work.
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It is not easy to get parts in mainstream films for most people of color. Hollywood and British writers are not writing parts for us, or the directors are not interested in casting us in parts that are color-blind.
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I was a social worker for Baltimore families. Now I'm a social worker building opportunities for families throughout America.
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There are periods in history when change is necessary, and other periods when it is better to keep everything for the time as it is. The art of life is to be in the rhythm of your age.
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I have no interest in non-fiction. I don't read it and don't watch it and don't write it, other than a little journalistic column.
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I've turned into one of those people who go jogging in parks that I used to hate.
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Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid of what isn't.
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Demands for equal financing of sewers, streets, and garbage collection would make more sense than proposals for equal financing of the schools, since some plausible connection may be inferred between the amount of money expended, e.g., for roads, and the quality of service resulting to the taxpayer.
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I auditioned for 'The Office,' and I don't know if it was a role I could do, but I liked the character. You do one take, and you're reading with a person who's just sitting in a chair and not really... you're not playing off someone, which is what I like to do. I like to play around and find the moment.
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So when I'm working out I do things extreme.
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Governments take too long to get things done and there are far too many varied interests at stake. If you were starting a business today and needed a partner, you would never choose a large bureaucratic institution like the government.
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They that are discontented under monarchy, call it tyranny; and they that are displeased with aristocracy, call it oligarchy: so also, they which find themselves grieved under a democracy, call it anarchy, which signifies the want of government; and yet I think no man believes, that want of government, is any new kind of government.
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First of all, I try to be a positive role model.
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Don't we all just really try to fake it well?
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If you don't need to prove that you are right or that someone else's behavior should be punished, you can better see your way to achieving harmony in any given situation.
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Heresy is the lifeblood of religions. It is faith that begets heresies. There are no heresies in a dead religion.
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If you try to do too much, you will not achieve anything.
