Confucius Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Feminism is dead. The movement is absolutely dead. The women's movement tried to suppress dissident voices for way too long. There's no room for dissent.
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Working with people from all walks of life, from full-time moms to CEOs at large companies, I've distilled many universal truths about success. There's a secret I've learned that works quite well at helping you to achieve what you want: Decide what you want.
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But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication.
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To be on the set with the actors, with the location, every day changes; every day something can go wrong.
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The willingness to be self-critical in England is much greater than the willingness to be self-critical in America.
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The one thing I do have is good ears. I don't mean perfect pitch, but ears for picking things up. I developed my ear through piano theory, but I never had a guitar lesson in my life, except from Eric Clapton off of records.
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Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
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And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.
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As a woman, as a Jew, as a lesbian, as a labor leader in a time of great anti-union animus, I know that other people project their biases on me. But it is nothing like the experience of our African-American brothers and sisters, especially black and brown men and boys.
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I had never done a roast, but I really wanted to, because it's so different from standup.
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I used to enjoy bad television, like really bad quiz programmes or sitcoms.
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It's better to waste money than time. You can always get more money.
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Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.
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I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?
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When you do something with a lot of honesty, appetite and commitment, the input reflects in the output.
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Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.
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The great fun for me is these collaborators. I'm nothing by myself. Being with these people, whether it's the 'Homeland' cast or stage collaborators, they make you everything you are. They make you come to work. They make you be alive.
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Basketball, in America, is like a culture. It is like a foreigner learning a new language. It is difficult to learn foreign languages and it will also be difficult for me to learn the culture for basketball here.
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Considered subjectively, philosophy always begins in the middle, like an epic poem.
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I am very proud of what 'Johnny' achieved in stand-up comedy because he believed entirely in giving an audience the best kick he could. But he was someone who was quite detrimental to my health, both emotionally and physically.
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You never argued with my mother. You couldn't win.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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I couldn't wait for the sun to come up the next morning so that I could get out on the course again.
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It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.
