Confucius Quotes
The way of the superior man may be compared to what takes place in traveling, when to go to a distance we must first traverse the space that is near, and in ascending a height, when we must begin from the lower ground.
Quotes to Explore
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I write in a small office at home.
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Limit to courage? There is no limit to courage.
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The line between private and public lives is a fertile one for me. I've lived quite a public life, and it's the reason I have used well-known people in my work. I'm interested in what's going on beneath the facades they present to the world, taking them to a place which is uncomfortable.
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You see, O Greeks! The enemy already acknowledge the country to be ours; for when they made peace with us, they stipulated that we should not burn the country belonging to the king, and now they set fire to it themselves, as if they looked upon it no longer as their own.
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Every member in Congress has a seat, and they deserve a seat at the table.
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Education is so important.
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Today there are paparazzi out, I'm doing a day of press, I'm in a hotel, I've just been on Radio 1. But when I'm in my day-to-day life people don't know who I am and I'm left to my own devices.
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I feel like, as a celebrity, I have a responsibility to tell important stories.
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As an actor, you always think that whatever job you have is going to be your last. In some way, shape or form, you think you're going to screw it up and you're never going to work again.
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When I wrote the eight fairy tales that appear in 'Horse, Flower, Bird' I was working toward a completely new form of artistic expression, trying to create a new kind of tale that also felt vintage: innocent and childlike, but haunted. I tried to write a picture-less picture book.
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I think every woman should have a one-night stand. If it's done right, it can be liberating.
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I can make them voting machines sing Home Sweet Home.
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I was outraged to learn that the president wanted to outsource operations at some American ports to the United Arab Emirates.
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It's my dream, my goal to be good at Olympics, anywhere they are in the world.
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It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool.
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It was just one of those moments in the universe that was mine.
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I'm not an easygoing guy as a director.
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One of the things that I was always, and still am, is quite resourceful.
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I'd love to run for office, but it requires such knowledge.
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I have a particular style of writing and my voice sounds a particular way, which lends itself to a certain style.
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I was angry but not at God. I feel that you are closer to God when you are messed up. Definitely. That's when you most need God, and God cannot control what man does.
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The way of the superior man may be compared to what takes place in traveling, when to go to a distance we must first traverse the space that is near, and in ascending a height, when we must begin from the lower ground.
