Confucius Quotes
The superior man, while his parents are alive, reverently nourishes them; and, when they are dead, reverently sacrifices to them. His thought to the end of his life is how not to disgrace them.
Quotes to Explore
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I came up from growing up with a lot of Catholic guilt, a lot of punk rock, hipster guilt in the later years where I think people have thrown a lot of things on me. Where I always felt like I'm not supposed to tell the horn section what to play or I don't want to come off egotistical.
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I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy.
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It's a shame in a way that people come and go with one album.
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Every good movie I watch, the hero becomes my favourite. I start blushing every time a hero romances a heroine.
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Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
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Early in 1986, the World Health Organization in Geneva still regarded AIDS as an ailment of the promiscuous few.
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Nobody needs to cry for me. I'm going to be great.
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Feeling really safe as an actor is not a great thing because you're not learning or growing.
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'The New World Haggadah' is meant for American Jews in the 21st century.
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One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.
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I always loved advertising. If I hadn't been in fashion, I'd have been in advertising.
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It was very unusual, because normally the producer requests the test to determine whether they want to hire someone or not. Olivia was concerned about playing a seventeen year old.
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You cannot be in your offices every day doing nothing... and at the end of the day you expect to be paid.
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More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.
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World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
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Putting a tax on carbon could be an effective approach for curbing global warming pollution.
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In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled.
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If I'm not interested in a woman, I'm straight-forward. Right after sex, I usually say, 'I can't do this anymore. Thanks for coming over!'
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I hadn't realized quite how intense the first few years of grad school would be. When you're being assigned 40 books a week... there's not much room for novels.
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Self-esteem is something I still battle. People look at me and say, 'You've got fame. You've got admiration. You've done this; you've done that.' As far as I'm concerned, I haven't done anything. I've just fulfilled a dream of competing.
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The only group in America that deserves to scrutinize what we are doing... are parents.
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If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months.
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For ages, in my lunch hours, I would just go round and choreograph fight scenes. For fun. So now I'm very good at being thrown around. I bounce, in the words of my friends.
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The superior man, while his parents are alive, reverently nourishes them; and, when they are dead, reverently sacrifices to them. His thought to the end of his life is how not to disgrace them.
