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It looks like that shih tzu is pissing on my brick.
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“The treatment of opposites in Lao-tzu,” Bulletin of the Society for Oriental and African Studies, 21: 344 “ 60.
Taoism Hansen, Chad 2007
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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