"To be honest like when you work at something for a long time and then coming to a family of people who support what you do hmm... you are very lucky!"
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"Sometimes a crumb falls From the tables of joy, Sometimes a bone Is flung. To some people Love is given, To others Only heaven."
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"My words have an origin. My deeds have a sovereign. Truly, because people do not understand this, they do not understand me."
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"When the world is ruled according to the Way, the ghosts lose their power. The ghosts do not really lose their power, but it is not used to harm people."
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"Therefore the Sage, wishing to be above the people, must by his words put himself below them; wishing to be before the people, he must put himself behind them. In this way, though he has his place above them, the people do not feel his weight; though he has his place before them, they do not feel it as an injury. Therefore all mankind delight to exalt him, and weary of him not."
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"When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people's hearts."
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"When taxes are too high, people go hungry."
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"The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'"
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"Correct becomes defect. Good becomes ominous. People's delusions have certainly lasted long."
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"When the government is quite unobtrusive, people are indeed pure. When the government is quite prying, people are indeed conniving."
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"Why are the people rebellious? Because the rulers interfere too much. Therefore they are rebellious."
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"Why do the people think so little of death? Because the rulers demand too much of life. Therefore the people take death lightly."
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"The people starve because those above them eat too much tax-grain. That is the only reason why they starve."
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"I wonder if people will ever say, 'Let's hear about Frodo and the Ring.' And they'll say 'Yes, that's one of my favorite stories. Frodo was really courageous, wasn't he, Dad?' 'Yes, my boy, the most famousest of hobbits. And that's saying a lot.'"
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"Sometimes when you're relegated to your neighborhood, you forget that there's more important things than your neighborhood going on out in the world. And that just gave me a chance to see how life could be. And it gave me a chance to interact with everybody, not just black people or Mexicans. It made me just a little more worldly."
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"I always say the movie came out good if they want another one. That always tells me that people really liked the movie."
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"I usually don't mind movies that people think go overboard because that's what art is all about. Art is about pushing us and making us examine ourselves."
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"A lot of people play single to work some angle. I'm always about keeping it real. If that's how I'm living, that's how I'm living."
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"For all people strive to grasp what they do not know, while none strive to grasp what they already know; and all strive to discredit what they do not excel in, while none strive to discredit what they do excel in. This is why there is chaos."
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"The true man of the past waited upon Heaven when dealing with people and did not wait upon people when dealing with Heaven."
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