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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Friendship is often outgrown; and his former child’s clothes will no more fit a man than some of his former friendships.
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You never really think about what happens after the Olympics - you're just like, 'I want to compete. I want to do well' and thinking about that. After it all happened, it was such a whirlwind. I've gotten to do so many amazing things. My favorite thing was getting into acting.
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New York musicians rarely have the time for idle chat and conversation after a gig. Despite popular assumption of our scintillating after-hours, that illusion is overtaken by the constant hustle to juggle a part-time or full-time job, a myriad of errands, a second or third gig of the day, and perhaps a child or two somewhere.
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We can deceive ourselves into thinking we are developing spirituality when instead we are strengthening our egocentricity through spiritual techniques.
