Confucius Quotes
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He who hesitates is a damned fool.
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I still think most writers are just kids who refuse to grow up. We're still playing imaginary games, with our imaginary friends.
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Browsing for books with a mouse and screen is not nearly as joyful an act as wandering the stacks and getting lost in the labyrinthine corridors of knowledge. The best libraries are places of imagination, education and community. The best libraries have mystery to them.
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In many ways, that affection is the real reward for 56 years in the business. Although the money ain't exactly bad either.
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I would think that other people could see if you had other talents. I grew and expanded from the Elly May role. I was doing real estate and personal appearances and kept my foot in the door.
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Mediocrity triumphs because it presents itself as democratic and because it is dull, and so for many does not seem worth struggling against.
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A poor but humble man who gives nothing to charity is preferrable to a rich but haughty man who does.
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If I could have done anything more, it would have been less.
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You don't have your film finished when you have your director's cut finished. It's just a bunch of green screen.
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Sorrows when shared are less burdensome, though joys divided are increased.
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John Wooden has been a vital force in the lives of many with his inspirational messages. He represents all the elements necessary to be a winner in the Game of Life, which makes him the perfect person to write this book filled with lessons. Coach Wooden has been a mentor to people in every walk of life.
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You know what I will do sometimes? I'll let my phone die... and I will say, 'You know what, I'm not lying, my phone died.'
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Believe that all the resources you need are in your mind. That is a formula that really works.
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You've got to understand that everything has its time. I had wonderful years as a boxer, I achieved everything. I dont miss anything.
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My political science degree is always on the back-burner. I took my LSAT, so even if I want to take the LSAT again, I know what I'm getting into. I'll keep it on the back-burner. Who knows, maybe with my popularity, I can have a career in politics with a law degree. I think it'll work out either way.
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A proper wife should be as obedient as a slave... The female is a female by virtue of a certain lack of qualities - a natural defectiveness.
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And nothing can we call our own but death And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as paste and cover to our bones. For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings.
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I mean, I've always felt like a lot of people's misconceptions of me have to do with how I grew up. I grew up poor, and I grew up rich. I think some people who have never met me have a misconception that when I was living with my father when he was successful, that I was somehow adversely affected by his success or the money he had and was making at the time.
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The great man fights the elements in his time that hinder his own greatness, in other words his own freedom and sincerity.
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In this world everything changes except good deeds and bad deeds; these follow you as the shadow follows the body.
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The great man is sparing in words but prodigal in deeds.
