Confucius Quotes
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Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures.
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Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.
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Anna Wintour has guided me.
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I don't think it is just in the world of politics. The lack of civility in society as a whole, some of it, I believe, is very much fueled by social media and frankly, it's fueled by the fact that journalism is not journalism any more.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.
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You know, I've had an incredible career and I'm blessed.
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I love singing. It's who I am. When I act, I take a small part of myself and just magnify it, but when I'm singing, that's who I am. I don't write music, so I choose songs that I would have written.
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What did we want out of Iraq? We wanted a country that was stable and secure, that elected its own government, that was not going to be a threat to its neighbors and also was capable of protecting and defending itself. That was our objective in Iraq.
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I've never been a rap guy, I don't really know that much about rap music, to be honest. I like it, but I think what really happened was just my music seems to work so well with rap music.
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The key step for an infielder is the first one... but before the ball is hit.
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One of the things that I was always, and still am, is quite resourceful.
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There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.
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It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A lot of people identify who they are by what they do and that's not me. It's what I do but not who I am. Who I am is a parent. I'm a family man.
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The longer we listen to one another - with real attention - the more commonality we will find in all our lives. That is, if we are careful to exchange with one another life stories and not simply opinions.
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I come with bad genetics, personally.
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We treat old people so badly. There is nothing easy about 80.
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A film of my life would never happen!
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I do not want to see a society where, should I ever have any, my granddaughters have their fingernails pulled out because they are wearing nail varnish.
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Americans have started a lot of projects around the world and I am one of them.
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Things we write down are the fragments shored against our ruins. They outlast us, these scraps of words on paper. Like the detritus from the tsunami washing up on the other side of the ocean, writing is what can be salvaged.
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Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.
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In the menu, there should be a climax and a culmination. Come to it gently. One will suffice.
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A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words.
