Confucius Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all.
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Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life.
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People have been doing this for hundreds of thousands of years: using whatever is available to build shelter. If you ponder what could be used, then building materials are everywhere.
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These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
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There's something about the silence of people listening to someone or watching someone - I just... I love that.
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I don't know any woman who doesn't have an anxiety attack about wearing a bathing suit.
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Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
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I get more fulfilment from being a father than I do from being an actor.
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Wear comfortable clothes when you fly; my preference is T-shirt and jeans.
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Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.
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I love the idea that I planned my career. I did not. It started out by getting invitations from artists that I really love and respect, to share a stage... I've been very lucky in that I haven't had to create a five-year plan. It's evolved.
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I love performing outside because it's as if the heavens are open and the elements become part of the stage show as well - you know, the wind and the rain and the thunder. It's almost as if there's a sense of invocation in performance.
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The question of modernization is central to disturbances in the Middle East and in Africa. Everyone is after modernization, no matter where they come from. But you have to be careful about it, and more importantly, you have to have sense about it.
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I like the way the stories of my relationships sound to music more than the way they look in print, in gossip columns or in me talking about them in interviews. I think it's a better way of telling the stories.
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I will know him by his eyes.
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Every character I approach, from 'Forrest Gump' all the way up to 'The Spoils Before Dying,' has a different set of requirements and always fascinates me.
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Getting toxic lead out of gasoline, the oil industry shouted, would cost a dollar a gallon. It turned out to cost just a penny a gallon to protect hundreds of thousands of kids from lead-induced brain damage.
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I have never read any Tolstoy. I felt badly about this until I read a Bill Simmons column where he confessed that he'd never seen 'The Big Lebowski.' Simmons, it should be pointed out, has seen everything. He said that everyone needs to have skipped at least one great cultural touchstone.
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I don't really regret anything in my life.
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It was an unknown thing, a lot of people had very bad trips and I like to be in control.
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I don't know any musician who got to the top without hard work. Take whoever you want. They all work bloody hard, harder than you think.
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I am always urging my students to honor their writing practice, to set up a schedule.
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The wise are free from perplexities; the virtuous from anxiety; and the bold from fear.
