Chogyam Trungpa Quotes
We can deceive ourselves into thinking we are developing spirituality when instead we are strengthening our egocentricity through spiritual techniques.
Quotes to Explore
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California has always led the way on environmental protection and always reaped the benefits, pioneering everything from catalytic convertors on cars to stationary source reduction.
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I've always liked to dress up; I've always liked to look good. You look good, you feel good, you play good.
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Promotions can be seen in two ways - either you hate them, and they're a burden, and you are getting through with it, or you can enjoy them. I decided early on that I was going to enjoy them. I did 43 interviews in a day for 'Kahaani.'
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The good poet sticks to his real loves, those within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race.
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Barack Obama is more irritating than the other nuisances on the Left.
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I have been the last space marine between earth and an alien invasion. I really just don't need to go there anymore.
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Detroit's a good investment because, first of all, the entry fee for everything is lower. And, you've got the talent that is here that is ambitious and motivated, so you're going to get in on a much lower cost structure in every way, shape, or form from labor to buildings to whatever.
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I deliberately try not to cater for the commercial market, so I can't see myself in competition, you know, with second or third generation rock stars.
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My husband is a brilliant cook - enthusiastic and good - but he has not mastered the clearing up as you go along.
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Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed.
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It's all matchups, and I knew that I matched up well against 'Rumble' Johnson.
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My friends all say I'm going to be Secretary of State. But I don't see how that would be much different from the job I have now.
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Mrs. Montagu has dropt me. Now, Sir, there are people whom one should like very well to drop, but would not wish to be dropped by.
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The weakness of men is the facade of strength; the strength of women is the facade of weakness.
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We are sufficiently at the mercy of machines, Roger; if our music must necessarily be mechanical, then it is time for us to throw in the sponge, and abandon all hope for the future of humanity.
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If men could only know each other, they would never either idolize or hate.
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To convince someone of the truth, it is not enough to state it, but rather one must find the path from error to truth.
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We'll be raising our hands Shining up to the sky Cause we've got the fire fire fire And we gonna let it burn
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For a long time the IOC liked the idea of money but they didn't like the thought of working for it.
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In politics, sometimes you have to lie, or you make a promise that you cannot keep.
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I never really did abandon my true self. It's not like I invented this imaginary person and started to be her.
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Do one thing at a time. Start the day with a list of things you have to do, and do the most important things first. Even if you don't get the list done, you've gotten the most important things done. So many people spend so much time on things that aren't important.
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The true Christian is like sandalwood, which imparts its fragrance to the axe which cuts it, without doing any harm in return.
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We can deceive ourselves into thinking we are developing spirituality when instead we are strengthening our egocentricity through spiritual techniques.
