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  • It looks like that shih tzu is pissing on my brick.

    The Mentee, meandering (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • “The treatment of opposites in Lao-tzu,” Bulletin of the Society for Oriental and African Studies, 21: 344 “ 60.

    Taoism Hansen, Chad 2007

  • Another prominent fifth century thinker was the philosopher Lao-tzu who wrote, If you tell me, I will listen.

    Jenifer Fox: Education, What are we Talking About? Jenifer Fox 2010

  • This delightful chapbook proffers a puckish twofer: a whimsically learned defense of indolence and flaneurship — waged by scouring the philosophical/literary quiver and loosing darts of Schopenhauer, Byron, Bataille, Waugh, Lao-tzu, and others at that ageless bromide of the strong work ethic — and an engagingly etymological lexicon of loafing, past and present.

    Cover to Cover 2009

  • When schools became organized (around the tenth century), the methods of Socrates and Lao-tzu were laid to rest in exchange for a method that maintained that students are "empty vessels" and that the teacher can "pour" knowledge into them.

    Jenifer Fox: Education, What are we Talking About? Jenifer Fox 2010

  • Her hair was pulled into one of those weird shih tzu puffs on top of her head.

    The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • Ironically, I adapted these values from a confluence of Eastern philosophy -- particularly Lao-tzu's "Tao Te Ching" and Buddhist teachings -- and Western science, which provides ample evidence that success follows happiness and not the other way around.

    Christine Carter, PhD: Chinese Mothers Controversy: Why Amy Chua Is Wrong About Parenting PhD Christine Carter 2011

  • But, once again, the standard of whether the pain and suffering produced by waterboarding (or the emotional distress produced by your husband shaving your shih-tzu) are “severe” is only defined by the jury or judge making a judgement call about whether the pain and suffering (or emotional distress, or unwanted sexual behavior) meet the dictionary definition of severe.

    Matthew Yglesias » Marc Thiessen: Obama is Too Good at Killing Terrorists 2010

  • Penny came running over then, leading a dog on a leash—I had no idea where it came from, but it looked like a shih tzu.

    Dirty Secret Jessie Sholl 2011

  • Along the way, Mr. Modesitt has weathered eight children, a fondness for three-piece suits [which has deteriorated into a love of vests], a brown Labrador, a white cockapoo, an energetic Shih-tzu, two scheming dachshunds, a capricious spaniel, a crazy Saluki-Aussie, and various assorted pet rodents.

    MIND MELD: Does The Used Book Market Help or Hurt the Publishing Industry? 2009

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