Confucius Quotes
Tsze-Kung asked, “Is there one word with which to act in accordance throughout a lifetime?” The Master said, “Is not reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
Quotes to Explore
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I love Darius Rucker. He's a true artist, a great songwriter who can play his instrument, sing and write about his life.
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I'm really good at making teen angst romantic. I'm really good at dealing with heartbreak and things like that and making it into this whole experience. But there's no way to make someone-on-the-Internet-said-something-mean-about-me into romantic angst where you can listen to music and cry or whatever.
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The great thing about writing compared to life is getting to tie things up.
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Poverty itself is not so bad as the poverty thought. It is the conviction that we are poor and must remain so that is fatal.
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I never wanted to be a dancer. I was too big, I was too slow. I remember not liking it. Later on, when I came to the United States, I realized I had a skill, and when you come to this country, you realize if you have a skill and a determination, you can do anything.
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Jazz is the art of thinking out loud.
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Those of us lucky enough to fall in love with Asia know that it's an affair that's as long as it is resonant.
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How high can bitcoin go? The real question is how low can the dollar go?
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I definitely keep myself to myself; I don't really go out. If my friends want to see me, they know to come around to my house.
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Can someone please explain to me what that was all about?
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The public psychology of going into debt for gain passes through several more or less distinct phases: (a) the lure of big prospective dividends or gains in income in the remote future; (b) the hope of selling at a profit, and realizing a capital gain in the immediate future; (c) the vogue of reckless promotions, taking advantage of the habituation of the public to great expectations; (d) the development of downright fraud, imposing on a public which had grown credulous and gullible.
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We set out to become a band for our time. But sometimes if you do a good-enough job, you become a band for all time.
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I spent several years in the film finance business, but I returned to what I loved most about the industry - actual filmmaking, producing, writing and directing.
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It doesn't have to glitter to be gold.
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Let me put it this way: I think Republicans tend to keep the ball in play, Democrats go for broke.
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In the past, foreign intervention was obviously a major problem. Foreign domination, or if not domination, interference. But that has ended. There is no foreign domination; there is minimal foreign interference. The Cold War has ended. The Soviet Union no longer exists. The United States is showing minimal and diminishing interest in the Muslim world. They now have to confront their own problems. The old excuses are gone. The old justifications are gone and therefore the anger of people is turning increasingly against their own rulers.
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I'm very old-fashioned. Occasionally I do wear underwear.
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It's going to take education, adult supervision and technology to cope with the issues we're struggling with; all these are needed to ensure kids have a safe and educational online experience.
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Put off finish as it takes a lifetime - wait until later to try to finish things - make a lot of starts.
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Science fiction is really sociological studies of the future, things that the writer believes are going to happen by putting two and two together.
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Tsze-Kung asked, “Is there one word with which to act in accordance throughout a lifetime?” The Master said, “Is not reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
