Doe Quotes
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Everybody does the things that top people do occasionally. Top people do these things all of the time.
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Romance is an illusion. Well, romance is not a complete illusion, but it's ephemeral. It does not last.
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Going gray is like ejaculating: you know it can happen prematurely, but when it does it comes as a total shock.
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No one has ever seen the self. It has no visible shape, nor does it occupy measurable space. It is an abstraction, like other abstractions equally elusive: the individual, the mind, the society
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May Allah bless the man who says less and does more.
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What man is a man who does not make the world better.
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As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State "What does it matter to me?" the State may be given up for lost.
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I'll tell you what does impress me: the fact that a lot of the cats who were our idols are still out there doing it. That impresses me very much.
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Mediocrity triumphs because it presents itself as democratic and because it is dull, and so for many does not seem worth struggling against.
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Salt, when dissolved in water, may disappear, but it does not cease to exist. We can be sure of its presence by tasting the water. Likewise, the indwelling Christ, though unseen, will be made evident to others from the love which he imparts to us.
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Yoga serves the individual, and does so through inviting transformation rather than by giving information.
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No politician is threatened by the child protective constituency, because it does not exist.
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Almost certainly God is not in time. His life does not consist of moments one following another...Ten-thirty-- and every other moment from the beginning of the world--is always Present for Him. If you like to put it this way, He has all eternity in which to listen to the split second of prayer put up by a pilot as his plane crashes in flames.
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Our elders say that an elephant does not find its own trunk heavy.
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The place they go towards is a place even less imaginable to us than the city of happiness. I cannot describe it at all. It is possible it does not exist. But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.
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Who climbs the mountain does not always climb.The winding road slants downward many a time;Yet each descent is higher than the last.
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Writing songs does not get any easier, and that might be because I am harder on myself than I was twenty years ago. Hopefully, as we grow older and change, there are fresh topics, new perspectives, or at least there should be.
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Existence is.. well.. what does it matter? I exist on the best terms I can. The past is now part of my future. The present is well out of hand.
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You know who was on time tonight, which surprised me? Ghostface. Ghostface was early and making calls - what rapper does that?
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A paralyzed man who wants to walk OR an agile man who does not want to walk will both remain neutral in nature.
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Even if a man should chance to speak the most complete truth, yet he himself does not know it; all things are wrapped in appearances
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I think that if my voice for some reason changes - because your voice does change - then it's time for me not to sing.
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Tragedy when ridiculed by comedy does not condescend a reply.
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Having an open mind does not necessarily lead to perfection. It is your ability to observe, analyze, discern, and understand the true essence that basic principles contain that point the way to perfection.
