Confucius Quotes
Ask yourself constantly, "What is the right thing to do?" Behave toward everyone as if receiving a great guest.
Quotes to Explore
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It was total naivety that got me to Hollywood. I thought it was going to happen straight away. I told myself 'give it 5 years, there's no way I'll be here after that if it doesn't happen'. Cut to ten years later!
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One place had a winning record that I went to, and that was Detroit. Rick Carlisle laid a foundation that gave us a chance to win a championship.
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I always did plays. When I was in kindergarten, I got chosen to be Alvin in 'The Chipmunks.' We did a Chipmunks song. I was always a natural performer. It was easy for me. I danced and I sang, and all that stuff. I felt like I'd be something in the arts, but it vacillated between being a dancer and a singer, or whatever.
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The crossroads of science and politics is a dodgy place.
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He who becomes a Muslim does so in his own interest.
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I downloaded a Ricky Gervais podcast once at the persistent urging of a friend and found it funny but distracting – if I'm online, I'm surfing, which means I'm distracted from the podcast. So it's a form that doesn't really work for me.
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I don't sort of sit in a chair and pompously feel proud of myself about all the things we might have accomplished.
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Doctors try to get rid of their patients - clergymen try to get them hooked on the medicine so that they will become addicts to the church. 1
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Scientology is not written with disrespect toward God. It doesn't worship something that is evil. It is scientific, mathematical, and spiritual. The black community has to check it out and see what's there. I'm not saying it's for everyone, but you have to take a look.
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As a storyteller, when you see somebody who is the character you envisioned, you feel this energy in the room.
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The camera can film my face but until it captures my soul, you don't have a movie.
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True education is concerned not only with practical goals but also with values. Our aims assure us of our material life, our values make possible our spiritual life.
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John Kerry, windsurfing dilettante.
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Get rid of words and meaning, and there is still poetry.
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My mom used to make everything. She had a great garden and composted and made everything from scratch - peanut butter, bread, jelly, everything. I don't know how she did it because all those things take time and love and labour. I only do half the stuff she does - but there's still time.
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One of the most important things that teachers teach students is you, you can work harder. You are mentally tougher than you think.
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Father was an atheist; he had even joined the Skeleton Army - a club of men who went about in masks or black faces, with ribald placards and a brass band, to make war upon the Salvation Army.
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I would ask you to come in Khadi, for Khadi links you with the fallen and the down-trodden.
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Why do you think the old stories tell of men who set out on great journeys to impress the gods? Because trying to impress people just isn't worth the time and effort.
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Ask yourself constantly, "What is the right thing to do?" Behave toward everyone as if receiving a great guest.
