Eastern Quotes

• What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.

  Confucius

  Character, Men, Chinese

  Confucius, William Jennings, Epiphanius Wilson (1983). “The wisdom of Confucius”, Random House Value Pub

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• I was a big fan of Middle Eastern elements of music and experimental electronic and tribal sounds.

  Adam Lambert

  Sound, Fans, Elements

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• I grew up with an impatience with the anti-scientific. So I'm a bit miffed with our current love affair with all things Eastern. If I sneeze on the set, 40 people hand me echinacea. But I'd no sooner take that than eat a pencil. Maybe that's why I took up boxing. It's my response to men in white pajamas feeling each other's chi.

  Hugh Laurie

  Men, Hands, White

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Well, we lost a lot of our independence already. We are dependent on China for credit. We are dependent on Middle Eastern countries for energy supplies. And many Americans are dependent on the government for their income, health care, education of their children, food stamps.

  Jim DeMint

  Country, Children, Government

  "Interview: Sen. Jim DeMint on Tea Party, U.S. Debt, and God's Calling". Interview with Michelle A. Vu, www.christianpost.com. July 4, 2011.

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• I remember when the wave of Jennifer Lopez, Salma Hayek and these beautiful Hispanic women came into light, and I looked up to them and I loved them, but I was like, 'Where are Middle Eastern women?'

  Kim Kardashian

  Beautiful, Light, Remember

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• Men's natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them.

  Confucius

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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• Study the past if you would define the future. I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there. Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

  Confucius

  Educational, Past, Study

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• The gift of truth excels all other gifts.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Truth, Philosophy

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• If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.

  Confucius

  Happiness, Wise, Men

  Confucius “The Analects”, W. W. Norton & Company

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• They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

  Confucius

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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• But unlike European countries, America has never finished a map of the United States, only the eastern United States is covered and a few spots here and there.

  William Labov

  Country, America, Europe

  "Interview with William Labov: Sound Change". "Wordmaster" with Avi Arditti and Rosanne Skirble, learningenglish.voanews.com. January 11, 2005.

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• Kosovo today is closer to Europe than other countries in the region of South Eastern Europe.

  Ibrahim Rugova

  Country, Europe, Today

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• Russia is an Eastern Orthodox country.

  Vladimir Zhirinovsky

  Country, Russia, Orthodox

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• I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Literature, Select, Nobel

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• People in Eastern Washington should be confident in knowing that the government will not come and seize their property or farm land. Legislation is needed to correct this decision and restore the principle of having limited government involvement.

  Cathy McMorris Rodgers

  Government, Land, Knowing

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• Some countries that are close to Europe that already hold Deutschemarks, clearly would automatically hold euros, those are countries in Eastern Europe mainly, a few countries in Africa.

  Robert C. Solomon

  Country, Europe, Eastern Europe

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• When the first fossils began to be found in eastern Africa, in the late 1950s, I thought, what a wonderful marriage this was, biology and anthropology. I was around 16 years old when I made this particular choice of academic pursuit.

  Donald Johanson

  Years, Choices, Fossils

  "The Quest for Human Origins". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. January 25, 1991.

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• The only thing I oppose is persecuting of Eastern Orthodox priests and temples.

  Vladimir Zhirinovsky

  Temples, Priests, Orthodox

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• Vienna is the gate to Eastern Europe.

  Niki Lauda

  Europe, Vienna, Gates

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I have visited some places where the differences between black and white are not as profound as they used to be, but I think there is a new form of racism growing in Europe and that is focused on people who are Middle Eastern. I see it.

  Montel Williams

  Black And White, Thinking, Europe

  "Montel Williams...still the talk of the town". AskMen Interview,

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• I open with a clock striking, to beget an awful attention in the audience - it also marks the time, which is four o clock in the morning, and saves a description of the rising sun, and a great deal about gilding the eastern hemisphere.

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

  Morning, Theatre, Attention

  1779 Mr Puff, of his tragedy 'The Spanish Armada'.The Critic, act 2, sc.2.

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• As is the case with many Middle Eastern nations, women are nowhere near equal to men when it comes to basic freedoms and rights that we take for granted every day.

  Ginny Brown-Waite

  Men, Rights, Granted

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• I play basketball on Sundays and I'm a very spiritual guy; I read a lot of Eastern philosophy and I meditate.

  Garry Shandling

  Basketball, Spiritual, Philosophy

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• Everyone should unconditionally accept that Israel is an indispensable element of the Middle Eastern mosaic.

  Recep Tayyip Erdogan

  Israel, Mosaics, Elements

  "Democracy in the Middle East, PluralIism in Europe: Turkish View". The Turkish Weekly, October 12, 2004.

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• Gandhi became my role model. I have always been interested in Eastern philosophy. Since early in my life I've been fascinated by India, and I have spent a great deal of time traveling in that country.

  Bianca Jagger

  Country, Philosophy, Role Models

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