Confucius Quotes
When you serve your mother and father it is okay to try to correct them once in a while. But if you see that they are not going to listen to you, keep your respect for them and don't distance yourself from them. Work without complaining.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't like the blame game, though.
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I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.
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In the investment business, you must expect to be wrong.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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My body has been making women laugh for the last 20 years and I'm happy to continue to oblige.
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I'm not sensitive, I'm not a weepy person.
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College dropouts with significant debt struggle with repayment over the course of their lives and do not receive the benefits afforded to their peers who have debt but obtain higher-paying jobs as a result of college completion.
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I always try to remain aware that what affects others affects me, too.
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War triggers unforeseeable military dynamics and sets off massive political shocks, creating new problems as well as new opportunities.
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Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.
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I'm not going to be able to play it like somebody else.
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I am an observer, I like to watch people. I am into psychology and people - how they act and such.
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The Passion narratives are the first pieces of the Gospels that were composed as a unity.
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Back in the '70s - I remember the '70s: we were told there was global cooling. And everyone was told global cooling was a really big problem. And then that faded.
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I'm not in demand. I'm all washed up.
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I don't recognize my former self. Like I'm on the outside looking in at my life. Who is that guy?
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You've got to eat while you dream. You've got to deliver on short-range commitments, while you develop a long-range strategy and vision and implement it. The success of doing both. Walking and chewing gum if you will. Getting it done in the short-range, and delivering a long-range plan, and executing on that.
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I know something quite sure. We'll never have peace with this Syrian regime. They'll never give us relief, and we'll never forget that.
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Anyone can forget about talent, but if you're also a good person, your name will be remembered for a long time.
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Nobody can fail to lose weight in the jungle, unless they've got a secret stash of pork pies somewhere.
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It still amazes me how many musicians aren't really interested in engaging with their audience at all. Alfred Brendel, a pianist for whom I have the greatest respect, has described performance as a sacred communion between the artist and the composer. But what about the audience? Music is communication, a two-way street.
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I'm not even sure I want to use the term 'coming out.'
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When you serve your mother and father it is okay to try to correct them once in a while. But if you see that they are not going to listen to you, keep your respect for them and don't distance yourself from them. Work without complaining.
