Confucius Quotes
I used to take on trust a man's deeds after having listened to his words. Now having listened to a man's words I go on to observe his deeds.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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Well we really meant you to visit Paris in May, but the rhythm required two syllables.
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Italy and France could lop off their excessive wealth through a one-time tax on private wealth.
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For the Negro, Andrew Johnson did less than nothing when once he realized that the chief beneficiary of labor and economic reform in the South would be freedmen. His inability to picture Negroes as men made him oppose efforts to give them land; oppose national efforts to educate them; and above all things, oppose their rights to vote.
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How do you create chemistry? If only I knew that! Some people say it's a natural thing that you have with someone, and maybe it is to do with that, but I think you can work on it.
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When you're young, you're stupid.
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To read too many books is harmful.
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I like to see a film and then start scoring it in my mind while doing something unrelated. You just grasp a film and start working, and something unpredictable comes out from a third element. The mind, the more active it is, the more productive it is.
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I'm always nervous doing auditions - to be honest, I hate it. I always envy the actors who are so cool and cold-blooded when they go in for an audition, especially if it's for a part that you would really love to play.
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There's an awareness of fashion in this country, and it's not limited to gay people.
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Nothing leads so straight to futility as literary ambitions without systematic knowledge.
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It is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is, but it is often exceedingly difficult to find this out.
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Food that's served at the table in a paper parcel always creates a remarkable culinary moment when opened, because the package is full of aromatic steam from the lightly cooked ingredients inside.
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I've been sent lots of lovely gifts - everything from candy and peanut butter to hand-made quilts, pictures, and clothing. I was once sent a crate of avocados. Fortunately, I love them.
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You don't just luck into things as much as you would like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it is friendships or opportunities.
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The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
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For me, the most important thing is running a good clubhouse. The X's and the O's – you sit up in the stands and, for the most part, a lot of fans go to the game and they know what's going to happen. You're going to hit and run, steal, put a pitcher in, take a pitcher out.
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I don't mind solitude. I love talking to other people, but I do need my space.
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A lot of the state-sponsored growth in India was just too fast. You went from cradle to Nirvana in a short period of time.
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Christianity isn't meant to simply be believed; it's meant to be lived, shared, eaten, spoken, and enacted in the presence of other people.
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I dreamt that my hair was kempt. Then I dreamt that my true love unkempt it.
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Sci-fi nerds are respectful, honorable. You can trust them.
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I used to take on trust a man's deeds after having listened to his words. Now having listened to a man's words I go on to observe his deeds.
