Confucius Quotes

To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.

Confucius

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KindnessSoulPracticeGenerosity

As I get older, I increasingly value free time that's completely free of appointments. Time to think, time to reflect, time to just hang out with my wife and kids.

Joe Mansueto

TimeWifeValueFreeThinkOut

After you date a player or two it's nice to just chill with a guy that can keep it basic.

Angie Martinez

ChillYouNiceTwoGuyKeep

Whether we buy into the rhetoric or not, one thing has been made clear: Illegal immigration is a problem reaching a breaking point, and something must be done.

Jeanne Marie Laskas

ImmigrationProblemDoneRhetoric

I want to do more films.

Michael B. Jordan

WantMoreFilms

I think public intellectuals have a responsibility - to be self-critical on the one hand, to do serious, nuanced work rigorously executed; but to also be able to get off those perches and out of those ivory towers and speak to the real people who make decisions; to speak truth to power and the powerless with lucidity and eloquence.

Michael Eric Dyson

WorkTruthPowerResponsibilityHand

Old age treats freelance writers pretty gently.

John Updike

AgeOld AgeOldPrettyFreelance

Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country.

Steven Wright

LiveGreatSkiingSmallYouCountry

The most solitary I ever felt was when I was living in New York. I used to live in Enrico Caruso's old apartment, and I had a special staircase that took me up to the roof. There was nobody up there.

Robert Duvall

LiveNew YorkMeStaircaseLiving

The first day that I get to Fort Myers, there was a newspaper down there. The newspaper said, 'Puerto Rican hot dog arrives in town.'

Roberto Clemente

DogDayDownSaidNewspaperHot

I believe that we as the leader of the Free World must provide important leadership on the ethical parameters, the ethical constraints that this research requires.

Ron Kind

LeadershipLeaderResearchWorld

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus has been clear that deporting young people who have lived in the U.S. for years and were brought here through no fault of their own as children should not be the targets of deportation.

Luis Gutierrez

ChildrenPeopleYoungYoung People

Our favorite book is always the book that speaks most directly to us at a particular stage in our lives. And our lives change. We have other favorites that give us what we most need at that particular time. But we never lose the old favorites. They're always with us. We just sort of accumulate them.

Lloyd Alexander

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