Confucius Quotes
There are three things against which the wise man guards: lust when young, quarrels when strong, and covetousness when old.
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I will continue to try and be innovative to keep it fresh for my fans.
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Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.
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Lying is the rule, not the exception.
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It is always impossible-he was conscious again with that strange clarity of mind-for a man to face his own death honestly. A man always continues to believe to the last moment of his life that something will intervene to save him.
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The relationship of the two problems is rather the reverse. To a great extent disarmament is dependent on guarantees of peace. Security comes first and disarmament second.
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Reputation runs behind the current state of affairs.
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I was born to a single mom and raised by her and my grandparents.
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When the punk thing came along and I heard my friends saying, I hate these people with the pins in their ears. I said, Thank God, something got their attention.
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I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety.
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Every man lives in two realms: the internal and the external. The internal is that realm of spiritual ends expressed in art, literature, morals, and religion. The external is that complex of devices, techniques, mechanisms, and instrumentalities by means of which we live.
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Americans were outraged and horrified by this president's reckless spending and his endless assaults on the Constitution, but no issue drove them to rise up and fight back like Obamacare - both the abominable legislative monstrosity itself and the tyrannical, corrupt manner by which Obama crammed it through the legislative process.
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Every human is an artist. And this is the main art that we have: the creation of our story.
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I've always struggled so much just to appreciate myself.
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Most people start eating healthy after the doctor says they have a problem. That's just human nature.
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I started on 'Neighbours' when I was 14. It's crazy to think now that I had such a bizarre adolescence.
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I have a role now that I think becomes me. I am a grandmother.
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In every community in Illinois, same-sex couples have chosen to join together and, in many instances, to raise families of their own. These couples are our relatives and friends, our neighbors, co-workers and parents of our children's classmates. They deserve the same rights and responsibilities that civil marriage offers straight couples.
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I think political correctness is a moving line.
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Gazing on beautiful things acts on my soul.
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Let the emperor make war on heaven; let him lead heaven captive in his triumph; let him put guards on heaven; let him impose taxes on heaven! He cannot. . . . He gets his sceptre where he first got his humanity; his power where he got the breath of life.
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It is commonly said that covetousness is one of the reigning sins of old age. How strange that it should be so! Especially considering what they have seen, and known, and it may be, felt of the emptiness and uncertainty of riches. They have witnessed how often they make themselves wings. What! And not yet convinced! What! Almost at the end of thy journey, and yet loading thyself with thick clay! Think of the time of day. It is almost night; even sun-set. And art thou unmindful of the grave? The body is bending downwards, let the heart be upwards.
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There are three things against which the wise man guards: lust when young, quarrels when strong, and covetousness when old.
