John Burroughs Quotes
Man’s craving for the supernatural is as natural as our discounting of the present moment... The natural becomes trite and commonplace to us and we take refuge in an imaginary world above and beyond it.
Quotes to Explore
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Your body is your temple, it's your home, and you must decorate it.
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I'll tell you, in my life I've never once have seen a Hispanic panhandler, because in our community, it would be viewed as shameful to be out on the street begging. Those are all conservative values - faith, family, hard work, responsibility.
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A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
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The student will try to defy the master. Always.
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I hate competition.
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I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.
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I believe in books that do not go to a ready-made public. I'm looking for readers I would like to make. To win them, to create readers rather than to give something that readers are expecting. That would bore me to death.
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I think I've got some more big plays left in me.
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Broccoli gets such a bad rap. This is perplexing to those of us who love that green, treelike, stalky vegetable.
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I've definitely had those moments when I think a relationship with somebody is one way, and then it just flips.
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Working with 50 Cent was great, you know what Im saying? It was just great to work with 50 Cent.
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I take a lot of pictures.
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Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
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The guys in Kiss use some make up too so at first it was exiting. I've almost stopped using make-up nowadays.
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People say, 'Well you know the economy's bad, so China consumption will be low. No, totally different. You Americans love to spend tomorrow's money, and other people's money maybe... We Chinese love to save money.
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The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through.
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Filmmaking is a much more collaborative thing than literature, so you know you're going to be working with a group of people at the start. You know it's going to be a compromise.
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I believe in the future, and to be a good investor, you have to believe in the future.
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If you ask a hundred people, they all give you different answers.
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I had no immediate knowledge of the world of Batman at all. I'm quite incubated. I just keep myself to myself and my dog.
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I worked in SRK and Salman Khan's films as a child artiste, so Bollywood has always been on my radar.
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It's hard to think of yourself as a loser at 2 years old.
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You don't just need skills and talent, you also need luck.
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Man’s craving for the supernatural is as natural as our discounting of the present moment... The natural becomes trite and commonplace to us and we take refuge in an imaginary world above and beyond it.
