Chogyam Trungpa Quotes
Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.

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My first car was an '84 Ford Taurus. It caught on fire from me trying to change the fuel pump, so that wasn't good at all. Dried leaves on the ground while I was trying to change the fuel pump. Don't do that. Do it on concrete.
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I'm an actress, not a pinup.
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Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
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Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
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Green, red, and mixed shades of haemins are known. If magnesium is replaced by iron in chlorophyll, green haemins are obtained. Their colour is due to a strong band in the red which is already recognized in chlorophyll.
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Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure.
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It's really bizarre because no one knows this, but elephants have killed more animal trainers than any other animal.
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I don't get nothing but love. In every ghetto all over the world. Nothing but love. They respect that I came outta there and I'm doing it the right way. You can't do nothing but respect that.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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The laziest man I ever met put popcorn in his pancakes so they would turn over by themselves.
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I have always been a coward as a child. I am not very brave. I am very aware of the fact that I am not very gutsy.
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Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
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We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.
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Winning the Stanley Cup in '99 was a dream come true. I'll never forget it.
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Nancy Lopez has always been a role model of mine... so to have the opportunity to play for her and spend time with her has been amazing.
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Our concept of governing is derived from our view of people. It is a concept deeply rooted in a set of beliefs firmly etched in the national conscience, of all of us.
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In my view, if you want to get ahead and build wealth, you have to get over your delusion that something only has value if you can measure it.
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A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.
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People are so wonderful that a photographer has only to wait for that breathless moment to capture what he wants on film.
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I hope they're reminded that joy is very easy to access if you just put down your phone, look at another person, and make a human connection. You'll find a new experience that you wouldn't have had otherwise.
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Forget the lottery. Bet on yourself instead.
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I'm a politician. I run for office. That's my profession.
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The real difference between relationship politics and transactional politics is loyalty. [Barack] Obama doesn't seem to expect it.
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Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy.