Khalil Gibran Quotes
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If you're an actress or a musician, everyone thinks you're hot.
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Today's kids aren't taking up arms against their parents; they're too busy texting them.
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It's not complicated to embrace life. You just have to make the choice.
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I was trying to be someone for the first part of high school. I was kind of this nerdy kid who didn't want to be a nerd anymore. Even talking about it, I'm embarrassed. I'm like, 'Ugh, why did you care what people thought?'
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The music business is one of a few places where everything you've heard about it seems entirely cliche, but it's true.
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As a writer, I had learned a lot on 'Margin Call' about embracing the weaknesses of a narrative and of a project. A story always has an inherent narrative weakness.
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I think, for every phase of your life, you take something out of it, you learn from it, you grow from it. You just have to try to take what you can from it and then move on to the next phase of your life to be better.
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Spirituality is a growth industry. And nothing illustrates that better than the burgeoning crop of colossal sanctuaries sprouting up in suburbs across the land.
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I would welcome satirical references to political leaders as part of freedom of expression.
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Everyone gets a raise when they do well. No one asked me what I got for my initial films. There was a time I got paid Rs. 6 lakh. I charge what producers are willing to pay me.
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The nature of things is dharma.
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I got my first television at Stanford when I was 20, and I used to watch 'The Dick Van Dyke Show'. He played my father on 'Becker,' and he's still one of my heroes. Along with John Cleese, he's my favourite physical comedian.
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Real acting is about giving people an insight into a person, letting the audience in.
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There's such an emphasis on having a character be likable. I don't think it would be helpful if I worried about that. I mean, not everyone's likable.
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Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.
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I'm a cliche.
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Some people say they feel very small when they think about space. I felt more expansive, very connected to the universe.
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After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet promise. It is the law of the land.
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Grace is God's acceptance of us. Faith is our acceptance of God accepting us.
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Some people can sit down and write a song, but they can't go on stage like I can.
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And in terms of their crown jewel legislative achievement: who knew that when asked, 'will government impose a new federal mandate requiring middle class Americans to buy health insurance whether they can afford it or not?' The answer would be 'Yes we can!'
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All mental hygiene is based on the core practice of doing nothing. Most of us are good at wasting time, staring at the wall while telling ourselves we should be working. We call this doing nothing, but our brains are furiously active. We think constantly, and our thinking is often rife with distress.
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I just spend my money on the essentials. Just basically food and shelter.
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You have your ideology and I have mine.
