Confucius Quotes
When one cultivates to the utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the path.
Quotes to Explore
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I did not support any more New York. I lived 10 years there, and after September 11, I felt very European. I did not share the opinion of people in the street, who were deeply influenced by what they heard in the media.
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When 'our people' get to the point where they can do us some good, they stop being 'our people.'
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On the evidence I have on hand at home, social media isn't killing our children. It isn't killing families, either, because the constant long bloody phone calls that parents complained to their teenagers about in decades past are gone.
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I've never been to the websites. It's a lot healthier for me to keep out of the conversations about me.
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The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake - you can't learn anything from being perfect.
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There are certain things I believe we need to keep in our emotional arsenal as we navigate through life. Hope is a big one. The more of that we can carry, the better.
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I don't think I ever really knew the right words to 'Hava Nagilah,' which isn't great for a Jewish singer.
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He had delusions of adequacy.
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I'll have to self-publish it because unless you're on the 'New York Times' bestseller lists, anthologies don't sell all that well. However, low sales to a big publisher are a major success to a small one!
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I think things happened the way they did for a reason.
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Making movies is time-consuming and it's boring. You spend most of your time waiting between takes. It's like a big machine that moves slowly.
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I'm a total performer.
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Had I accepted the pickle juice, I would be drinking pickle juice right now.
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The institutions of Churchianity are not Christianity. An institution is a good thing if it is second; immediately an institution recognizes itself it becomes the dominating factor.
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I've always imagined that one day the path of your life would unroll at your feet and carry you away from us. As it should, as it must. But I am glad that day is not today.
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It is the most astonishing thing that persons who have not sufficient education to spell correctly, to punctuate properly, to place capital letters in the right places, should, when other means of support fail, send mss. for publication.
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Persisting social crisis, the emergence of a charismatic personality, and the exploitation of mass media to obtain public confidence would be the steppingstones in the piecemeal transformation of the United States into a highly controlled society.
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Use testimonial letters from satisfied customers at every opportunity.
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Many French directors, having now realised there was no more real criticism, that the standards of the past have gone, are very offended about the quality of film criticism.
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Let this constitution go forth from this convention, and from the new state, a model instrument of liberal and enlightened principles.
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All training does is get us back what we lost when we stopped having to hunt down our food. Our bodies are built for it already.
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I'm always writing lyrics. I have so many lyrics on so many stray pieces of paper. Everywhere.
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When one cultivates to the utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the path.
