Confucius Quotes

The injury of prodigality leads to this, that he who will not economize will have to agonize.

Quotes to Explore
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Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.
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Heroes can be sweet.
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True security is based on people's welfare - on a thriving economy, on strong public health and education programmes, and on fundamental respect for our common humanity. Development, peace, disarmament, reconciliation and justice are not separate from security; they help to underpin it.
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I discovered that writing was very nice indeed when I was very young, and I never changed. I don't think my style has changed very much at all - though I hope what I say is a bit more interesting. It's about getting to know a character and loving them, I think.
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If you want to be alive and live in a real world, if you want to have any emotions at all in your life, you must willingly, knowingly, repeatedly set yourself up for things possibly not ending up 'happily ever after.
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Even if my country remains in war with yours. . .remember. . . i am not your enemy.
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I'll watch a kung fu movie for kicks, no pun intended, but I'd prefer to watch other movies besides dubbed kung fu things, but they're funny.
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Not every actor is a Tom Cruise. They are not all used to doing big action movies and doing sliding bikes and cars and fights. So you've got to take actors who have maybe not done that kind of stuff and get them through some proper training first.
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The public still repeats, time after time, the silly story that at Wannsee the extermination of the Jews was arrived at.
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People either hate my paintings or they love them. There does not seem to be much middle ground.
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Candles are good as long as you're not me and you don't fall asleep and your house burns down.
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The man who sets out to live the life worthwhile-to follow his vision and speak his heart-need not look for position, honors, prosperity.
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No one messes around with a nerd's computer and escapes unscathed.
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Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have.
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We got caught in the middle some and they made us pay.
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I would say that I learned that the heartbreak wasn't as much about me as the fact that my partner wasn't right with himself. I see where his life has taken him, and realize that the handwriting was on the wall. There were things that I had blamed myself for, but it was really more about his choices, his needs and his journey as a person. His desire for too much of everything made it a challenging relationship.
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Are Christians too stupid that we can't write a script, we can't film a movie OR we don't know how to act?
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The injury of prodigality leads to this, that he who will not economize will have to agonize.