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"All the holy words you read and all the holy words you speak are as nothing if you do not act upon them. Even if you read little and say little but live the right way, forsaking craving, hatred and delusion, you will know the truth and find calmness and will show others the path."
"If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again."
"Underneath that facade, I'm a terrified little sissy, just like everybody else. But I never let it show."
"I never went to a psychologist or psychiatrist in my life. Never. You know, Italians are a little prejudiced against that kind of thing."
"We speak little if not egged on by vanity."
"In the evening I go up in the desert and spend hours watching the sun go down, just enjoying it, and every day I go out and watch it again. I draw some and there is a little painting and so the days go by."
"First of all nothing will happen and a little later nothing will happen again."
"I want to meet a woman that will make me stop and listen to what she has to say. I want a woman who will make my jaw drop in awe. A woman that has little time for me. One who does not throw herself at me. One who respects herself who has a sense of herself. Where is she"
"Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride."
"This is my family. I found it, all on my own. It's little, and broken, but still good. Yeah, still good."
"As human beings, we can encompass a vague feeling of what the universe is, and all in this funny little brain here - so there has to be something more than just brain, it has to be something to do with spirit as well."
"A man is not little when he finds it difficult to cope with circumstances, but when circumstances overmaster him."
"Let's face it: None of us are ever going to get to the place in life where we have no more disappointments. We can't expect to be sheltered from every little thing. Disappointment is a fact of life--one that must be dealt with."
"An architect should live as little in cities as a painter. Send him to our hills, and let him study there what nature understands by a buttress, and what by a dome."
"There is very little in civilized life that demands everything you got intellectually, physically, and emotionally. Driving is living. It's aggressive instead of passive living."
"What is very little understood about the electronic age is that it angelizes man, disembodies him. Turns him into software."
"Even when someone gets to looking like she should be so proud of herself, instead she's like, 'I could be another three pounds less; I could be a little taller and have bigger lips.'"
"I like horror movies. Nightmare on Elm Street is my favourite. I even get scared a little bit watching horror."
"Knowledge is little; to know the right context is much; to know the right spot is everything."
"A little morphine in all the air. It would be wonderfully refreshing for everyone."
