Confucius Quotes
Unify your attention. Do not listen with your ears, but with your mind. Do not listen with your mind but with your essence.
Quotes to Explore
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Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not.
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My favorite thing to do is to wind those guys up by hitting on their girlfriends. I say, 'I think your girlfriend's gorgeous, but it's all right, I'm gay.' They get very nervous after a few minutes!
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I think we have a real obligation when we do have animals in captivity to understand their needs and to care for them as well as we can.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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I don't know if I would say that I'm specifically a history buff. I do find a lot of things fascinating, especially anything that's bizarre or mysterious and unknown and we don't have all the answers for.
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When you fall in love, you become weak.
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The reason I like Portland is the idea of going to a supermarket and knowing there's no way to be recognized. L.A. is so social.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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I'm such a big TLC fan, so I love singing 'Waterfalls' in the shower.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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Before Booker T. Washington, we have small business owners but we do not have a philosopher of black entrepreneurship, and that's what Washington was.
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Honestly, I find writing to be a very lonely job.
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I think Ali was a fan of mine, even though he never said it. A lot of fighters thought I was pretty good. Nobody every really spoke different on that. But a lot of fighters thought I was good so.
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I have absolutely no empathy for camels. I didn't care for being abused in the Middle East by those horrible, horrible, horrible creatures. They don't like people. It's not at all like the relationship between horses and humans.
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I've been down to the Ecolodge in Panama, but there really are only a handful of real green hotels in the U.S.
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You want good ratings, you want people to like the show, you want to be appreciated for the hard work you put in. You don't always get it. Every show is not beloved.
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The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice.
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Listening a cultivated person of today that jokes and almost boasts about his scientific ignorance, is as sad as listening a scientist that boasts about not having read any poem.
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I like seeing what the comedian thinks is funny, not just what they think I'll think is funny.
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Integrity is keeping a commitment even after circumstances have changed.
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I was so sick last night I Didn't hardly know my mind. So sick last night I Didn't know my mind. I drunk some bad licker that Almost made me blind.
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After everything I've been through, I've realized I can do anything I put my mind to. And I want to do it all.
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Unify your attention. Do not listen with your ears, but with your mind. Do not listen with your mind but with your essence.
