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The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence.
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Love is a deception and a trap. Love is as big a myth that God sits with his flowing white beard in a throne and looks at us.
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A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it was human.
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The moment there's a foreigner in a film it gives a novelty to the script. We make regional films and we need to hype our films.
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The press frequently sneers at the hype devoted to a superstar, but the press itself is responsible for all the hype.
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Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.
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Real education is about genuine understanding and the ability to figure things out on your own; not about making sure every 7th grader has memorized all the facts some bureaucrats have put in the 7th grade curriculum.
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Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility, it becomes rashness, or obstinacy.
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The beginning of knowledge is the intention, then listening, then understanding, then action, then preservation, and then spreading it.
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Can you imagine if you really let it in that you are not a problem to be solved in any way? Imagine you knew that anything that would tell you otherwise is just a movement of thought in the mind that says "Whatever is, isn't the way it is supposed to be." So the biggest act of compassion starts within. And when the self is no longer seen as a problem, this is called "the peace that passes all understanding."
