Khalil Gibran Quotes
Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.
Quotes to Explore
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We do not need to have a way to talk clearly about other people's images.
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All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities... the list goes on!
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It's always been a desire of mine to work with my parents.
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The artistic part of us all - I think that the easiest way to appreciate this - is through architecture. Architecture is very impressive; the beauty of buildings, temples.
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The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead.
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I don't know the right way to retire.
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Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness.
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A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence.
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Without children, men have more liberty to earn less - that is, they are free to pursue more fulfilling and less lucrative careers, like writing or art or teaching social studies.
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The state dinner is almost a formula, but you try to make it interesting. You try not to overload it with too many political types. You try to get a cross section.
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Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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In business, every phase of things counts. Companies that just yell out a low price today to win business aren't going to make money in the long term.
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Who is ready to settle for five minutes when three hours does nicely?
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As your career grows, the list of things that makes you happy should not become smaller, it should become bigger.
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Regarding marriage, it - somehow, it didn't happen. One fellow in such a big family not getting married is not an issue.
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I've always said that I'll know when I've gone too far because I won't be able to sit down and watch it with my father.
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I feel bad that I'm the one always blamed for the failure of the space business - even though there are problems with government policy toward the space business.
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I hate rats. I had a pet rat to try and overcome it. I even gave him mouth-to mouth resuscitation when he had a heart attack. But I couldn't conquer it.
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Blackjack is very scientific. There's always a right answer and a wrong answer. Do you take a card, increase your bet, bet big or bet small. There's absolutely a right and wrong answer.
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We are talking about thousands of innocent lives being lost, about almost inevitable casualties among our own forces... and the alienation of moderate Muslim opinion across the world.
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One of the strategies for doing first-person is to make the narrator very knowing, so that the reader is with somebody who has a take on everything they observe.
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I never got any advice in acting.
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Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.
