Daisaku Ikeda Quotes
I cannot say this too strongly: Do not compare yourselves to others. Be true to who you are, and continue to learn with all your might.
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The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.
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A purpose of our lives is to broaden what we can understand and say and therefore be.
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The kind of classic pose of a female model is to look kind of sexy and a bit annoyed.
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I'm completely in love with the idea of love.
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It's abhorrent to me that somebody is just evil, and you can't explain it.
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Teaching can be learning, especially if student curiosity with the question 'What's going on here?' can be elicited.
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Women would be disproportionately affected by the privatization of social security. It is one of the most important safety nets for American women in old age, or in times of disability, to insure financial income for their families.
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Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
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I have to say that getting to tackle Maria in 'The Sound of Music' at Carnegie Hall was surreal. When I heard my voice, it was all I could do to keep myself from doing a British accent and sound like Julie Andrews!
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I don't consider myself a celebrity and I don't consider myself a star.
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Sex and beauty are inseparable, like life and consciousness. And the intelligence which goes with sex and beauty, and arises out of sex and beauty, is intuition.
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Is it written that equality between men and women means one can change sex? Obviously not.
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Well, an actor is an actor is actor, to paraphrase someone or other and the opportunity to work, to have a steady engagement, certainly seemed like an appealing concept to me.
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All I have to do to continue to make things work is make great records, and that's more important than having a crazy master plan.
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The Amex has a long, often troubled, sometimes glorious history.
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Good design is good business.
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My tax cut would cut hundreds of billions of dollars. So to do it, you have to be willing to cut spending, too. But if you were to cut hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes, that money's left in communities.
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I'm pleased the committee recommended no action, as I know I did nothing wrong.
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Honestly, I try and stay away from what's been written about me, because if you let that stuff get to you and it's not true it can drive you crazy. One thing that I have heard recently which is not true, I didn't say it, is that I believe I was quote saying 'I will never take my shirt off for a movie again.' I didn't say that.
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Every historian with professional standards speaks or writes what he believes to be true.
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At least for me personally, drugs aren't an essential part of having a surreal experience, or what you might call a higher experience.
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The taxing power of the Federal Government, my dear; the taxing power is sufficient for everything you want and need.
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All noble enthusiasms pass through a feverish stage, and grow wiser and more serene
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I cannot say this too strongly: Do not compare yourselves to others. Be true to who you are, and continue to learn with all your might.
