Confucius Quotes
There are three friendships which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Friendship with the upright; friendship with the sincere; and friendship with the man of much observation: these are advantageous. Friendship with the man of specious airs; friendship with the insinuatingly soft; and friendship with the glib-tongued: these are injurious.
Quotes to Explore
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Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.
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I know that many authors say editors don't edit anymore, but that's not been true in my experience.
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With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds.
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I was not the son of a worker or lacking in material or social resources for a relatively comfortable existence; I could say I miraculously escaped wealth.
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I am continually pleasantly surprised by how many people are showing up at shows and are younger than our first record.
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Neil Hamburger writes such cutting jokes.
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No, I never thought I would like cats.
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There is only one thing which can master the perplexed stuff of epic material into unity; and that is, an ability to see in particular human experience some significant symbolism of man's general destiny.
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Human beings can always be relied upon to exert, with vigor, their God-given right to be stupid.
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I don't think I'm a good host. I'm not a good host. I'm terrible at hosting. That's my problem.
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I think traveling the world has helped to keep Public Enemy alive. We've never solely depended on the United States.
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Friends say, 'Shall we go out to dinner at 8?' I say, 'I can't, I'm a 10 A.M.-till-6:30 P.M. kind of guy.' I keep that very regular, no matter what.
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Every team has a person who is used as a reference, a player who stands out more than others.
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No matter what hyenas sound like, they are not actually laughing.
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Making your own records is really satisfying in the sense that you more or less get to do what you want. It may not sell or whatever, but on an artistic level, the only people that you really have to fight with are the people in your own band.
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You gotta have a good beat to survive in modern country in general. Everyone wants to feel good, laugh, dance, and cry. But at the same time, they all want it to sound happy.
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My upbringing as a child was very atypical.
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There's a disease that young writers are susceptible to, which is, I will do this because I can - hubris, I suppose - without stopping to work out why.
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You are free to do what you want, but you are not free to want what you want.
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Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere.
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My Ph.D. thesis problem was to determine if the DNA content of rat tissues increased if there was B12 in the diet. This problem was suggested by my adviser based on the observation that thymine could replace vitamin B12 in a lactobacillus.
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Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.
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There are three friendships which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Friendship with the upright; friendship with the sincere; and friendship with the man of much observation: these are advantageous. Friendship with the man of specious airs; friendship with the insinuatingly soft; and friendship with the glib-tongued: these are injurious.
