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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Its extremely dangerous to compare anyone else to Shakespeare.
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Viv had this kind of stage presence where you couldn't ignore it. He walked onstage, he looked dangerous. You just didn't know what he was going to do.
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When I decided to stay in Iraq, I decided to take the fear out of my body and put it into a freezer.
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Beslan, where the Russian authorities stopped live coverage of the school being stormed, was an illustration of the progress we still have to make.
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I always tell people happiness comes in one word: progress. I don't care what you achieve.
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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.
