Confucius Quotes
Even if I could, I would not exahnge their virtues for my own. And that is why they are intent on learning from me.
Confucius
Quotes to Explore
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
Ramez Naam
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I'm just so glad that I started acting when I did because I had this wealth of life experience. I don't know if I'd have been able to handle it had I gone out to L.A. at 22.
Caitriona Balfe
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Above all, we must avoid the pitfalls of tribalism. If we are divided among ourselves on tribal lines, we open our doors to foreign intervention and its potentially harmful consequences.
Haile Selassie
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I have not been a follower of how many millions my films made or did not make.
Irvin Kershner
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I was very lucky: I started acting in this highly subsidized German theater world, so there was not so much job insecurity. We had great working conditions, long rehearsal times, well paid.
Barbara Sukowa
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I found that if I don't paint for around a week, I get practically suicidal. It took a long time to figure out why I had these mood swings, and I finally figured out it's because I haven't painted.
Damian Loeb
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If you ask the government to solve all of your problems, it's a bit like asking your wife to cook and clean, to raise the children, to hold down a second job to help with the family finances, to keep her parents happy and well and keep your parents happy and well, and to also - to do the lawn and clean the gutters.
P. J. O'Rourke
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I follow my own head. And if I'm determined to do something, then I'll make sure that I make it happen.
Laura Dekker
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The things we remember best are those better forgotten.
Baltasar Gracian
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The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.
Barack Obama
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Take seriously the traditions, the Christian roots, and all the values that are the basis of the civilisation of Europe.
Viktor Orban
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If you're gonna use simile, analogy, metaphor, be descriptive and have some flowery adjectives and a few odd nouns and some engaging bits of dialogue or sentiment, then you're sort of writing a novel, really. But rock lyrics are not really known for their sophistication.
Ian Anderson
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I've got a particular way of writing novels, and that carries over into the way I write comics and games, too. I'm a news journalist by background, so I approach everything as reporting - I treat it as real, I ask the questions I'd ask in a real situation, and I let the characters speak for themselves.
Karen Traviss
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I think there's enough room in country music for everybody.
Charley Pride
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I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.
Pablo Picasso
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I spent many years trying to write a lot like Ben Folds or John Lennon or Rivers Cuomo. I think that's healthy when you're learning to write and seeing how chords fit together and how songs take shape.
Andrew Dost
Fun.
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American history has always had elements of what we now think of as Trumpism - Joe McCarthy, George Wallace, Father Coughlin. It's not as if these things haven't always existed, and they were powerful. The big difference is Trump is president.
Bill Kristol
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Even if I could, I would not exahnge their virtues for my own. And that is why they are intent on learning from me.
Confucius
