There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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The term "genre" eventually becomes pejorative because you're referring to something that's so codified and ritualised that it ceases to have the power and meaning it had when it first started. ~Christopher Nolan
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East and West are coming together. Whether in peace or anarchy; they are coming together. There need not be a clash between East and West, between Islam and Europe. ~Orhan Pamuk
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Until you destroy your body, you don't learn to appreciate it. Treat the body like a temple because the body is so beautiful. If and when you understand your body then you will respect it. The body is like a bud, until the sun rises it will not bloom, until it blooms it will not be beautiful or give perfume. So respect it, take care of it. ~Bikram Choudhury
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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One man's trash is another man's treasure. ~English Proverb
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Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen Proverb
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I'm like the luckiest girl in the world. I've gotten to be a princess, I've gotten to work with the Muppets. A lot of my childhood dreams about who I wanted to be when I was a grown-up, I at least get to play them in movies. ~Amy Adams
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning. ~Amby Burfoot
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The day I made that statement, about the inventing the internet, I was tired because I had been up all night inventing the Camcorder. ~Al Gore
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
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For all my criticisms of the current system, it doesn't mean that I would like to return to the old one. ~Helen Suzman
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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