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"To me, living in the present means being aware of your conscious choice to focus on the past, present or future - it is not necessarily having to focus on the present."

"Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it."

"Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth."

"One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often."

"Your unstoppable nature is becoming and blooming - you simply, are. Go easy."
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"I'm less needy about needing to express myself through acting. I have many different lives outside of this that are extremely fulfilling."

"What we all have in common is an appreciation of kindness and compassion; all the religions have this. We all lean towards love."

"When His Holiness won the Nobel Peace Prize, there was a quantum leap. He is not seen as solely a Tibetan anymore; he belongs to the world."

"I'm voting for Gore because the other is unthinkable. Which most of us will probably do. I hope all of us. I've always liked Ralph Nader and would like to see a real third party, but the thought of George Bush as president is unthinkable."

"I do think that good actors can do any part. It doesn't mean that they are the best ones to do it."

"I don't know any of us who are in relationships that are totally honest - it doesn't exist."

"My first encounter with Buddhist dharma would be in my early 20s. Like most young men, I was not particularly happy."
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