Confucius Quotes
As in the case of making a mound, if, before the very last basketful, I stop, then I shall have stopped. As in the case of leveling the ground, if, though tipping only one basketful, I am going forward, then I shall be making progress.
Quotes to Explore
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I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.
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Due to my hectic work schedule, I hardly have enough sleep, and my skin tends to look dull. Facial masks are my savior, as it helps to brighten and hydrate my skin.
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The chasm between rich and poor is becoming larger, and I think it's interesting terrain to talk about and expose.
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Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.
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I choose to focus on the positive.
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Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way.
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I can't stand going out to one more dinner with some Mrs. So-and-So who might leave a million dollars to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra when she dies.
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I feel like I've been the star of my own show for a while now. I was always putting on shows as a kid, and obviously, my household was really creative.
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Medical debts are the number-one cause of bankruptcy in America.
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For gay people, we learned about our lives in secrecy and a lot of fear.
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My forte is awkwardness.
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I don't look back. I look forward and plan new shows. That's really feeding the most important part of working in the theater.
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The bottom line: health care reform is about the patient, not about the physician.
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Mo Yan is the Chinese equivalent of the Soviet Russian apparatchik writer Mikhail Sholokhov: a patsy of the regime.
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I think he was absolutely right not to go to UN last week... First things first - that is, values and people here in their local communities, and remembering all politics is local, and trusting people more.
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We know what's in our Cheerios and in our retirement accounts because the law requires disclosure.
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If you want to hear God's voice clearly and you are uncertain, then remain in His presence until He changes this uncertainty. Often much can happen during this waiting for the Lord. Sometimes, He changes pride into humility; doubt into faith and peace; sometimes lust into purity. The Lord can and will do it.
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I was an athlete, so I have kind of an athletic sensibility towards writing. I can work for many long hours without fatiguing.
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Tenderness is a virtue.
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Natalie from the Dixie Chicks could have said what she said before 9-11 and no one would have cared.
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If Turkey is prepared to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, then its leaders can proceed immediately to direct dialogue with its counterparts in Armenia to define a common vision for the future.
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As in the case of making a mound, if, before the very last basketful, I stop, then I shall have stopped. As in the case of leveling the ground, if, though tipping only one basketful, I am going forward, then I shall be making progress.
