Confucius Quotes
The Master said, "Wealth and honor are things that all people desire, and yet unless they are acquired in the proper way I will not abide them. Poverty and disgrace are things that all people hate, and yet unless they are avoided in the proper way I will not despise them. If the gentleman abandons ren, how can he be worthy of that name? The gentleman does not violate ren even for the amount of time required to eat a meal. Even in times of urgency or distress, he does not depart from it."
Quotes to Explore
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I think that I could be an example to young people, and they know that dreams come true.
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Once brave politicians and others explain the war on drugs' true cost, the American people will scream for a cease-fire. Bring the troops home, people will urge. Treat drugs as a health problem, not as a matter for the criminal justice system.
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I'm probably less volatile and tempestuous than a lot of Aries, but I think I'm probably quite loud and outgoing and passionate. Maybe a bit difficult or stubborn.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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Any time Khaled comes to your video, it just steps it up that much more. He's so fun; people love him.
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Broad-mindedness is related to tolerance; open-mindedness is the sibling of peace.
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What the 'supposed 99 percent' don't realize is that they are better off if there are more fat cats, not less.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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I originally went to school for writing, for non-fiction. I'm specifically a poetry major within literature, but I don't know.
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If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.
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I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.
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When I go out and I see the genuine appreciation from the people, that's a big thing for me.
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We cannot control what emotions or circumstances we will experience next, but we can choose how we will respond to them.
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Complex tasks are often better handled in the back of our mind, and that's often true of creative tasks - when you have something complex to deal with in writing or research or responding to an email. I'll start working, put it aside, and sometimes I'll wake up the next morning with a solution, or I'll find one when I exercise.
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The simple things in life make me very happy.
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I like to write in a shroud of secrecy because I have to keep finding ways to scare myself.
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I watched TV religiously when I was a kid, but nowadays - with the Internet - there's so many people writing about TV on the Internet, that everything's sort of under a magnifying glass.
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All beautiful things in this world are because of women.
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I think a four-year ban would effectively rule out one Olympic games - a life ban is too harsh. I think everyone deserves a second chance. If you come back from missing one Olympic games and serving a four-year ban, you are a pretty determined and reformed character.
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What plethora of material goods can possibly atone for a waking life so humanly belittling, if not degrading, as the push-button tasks left to human performers?
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All of the art that I love is about peeling back layers and delving into something that's in a subconscious or dream realm. People like Jan Svankmajer, or the artist Yoshimoto Nara, or David Lynch.
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As a kid, you're so at the mercy of the people around you, the people raising you, your environment.
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Homosexuals are not interested in making other people homosexuals. Homophobes are interested in making other people homophobes.
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The Master said, "Wealth and honor are things that all people desire, and yet unless they are acquired in the proper way I will not abide them. Poverty and disgrace are things that all people hate, and yet unless they are avoided in the proper way I will not despise them. If the gentleman abandons ren, how can he be worthy of that name? The gentleman does not violate ren even for the amount of time required to eat a meal. Even in times of urgency or distress, he does not depart from it."
