Chogyam Trungpa Quotes
We must continue to be open in the face of great opposition. No one is encouraging us to be open and still we must peel away the layers of the heart.
Quotes to Explore
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While the older generation is content to sit around and critique culture, that culture is moving beyond them. At some point the traditional church and all of the expressions of that church will become essentially irrelevant.
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The public's nerves are raw and edgy. You have to be discreet and understanding about the films you are showing.
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It's one of the greatest festivals in the world. New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest is the best all-around... It's an honor to be closing it.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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We need to move past blame and make sure we are delivering care to our veterans.
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Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
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My lessons didn't come at my father's knee. Like all good lessons, they were learned from example.
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When it comes to working out, I really don't like the gym. I go because I have to, but I'm usually not happy about it. I do what my trainer and coaches tell me to do, but I'm always anxious to get outside.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
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Make no mistake: the anti-war voices long for us to lose any war they cannot prevent.
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I have an irregular heartbeat, so that means a fair amount of medication - and I have blood pressure pills, too, but no vitamins or supplements.
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There's something sort of intrinsic in being a Southerner that doesn't go away. You can't get rid of it, but it's not something that's terribly obvious.
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I like cars. I know some things. I can change my own car and battery and change my own oil.
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If God hadn't meant for us to eat sugar, he wouldn't have invented dentists.
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The battle is all over except the 'shouting' when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
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Know that the tattoos are all significant. They're all extremely insignificant. I can't break each one down, but it's 20 years. The first one was 21 years of age from a football teammate.
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I have a very genuine care for individuals; I have a very genuine sense of the power of individuals to make a difference, a very genuine belief that people matter, a very genuine belief of wanting the very best for individuals.
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I think my whole generation's mission is to kill the cliche.
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So high, so low, so many things to know.
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As an actor, you can do what you want with your role. That's why they hire you; to take the role and make it real.
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I think Charley Pride has been one of the best things to happen to country music, to prove it belongs to everybody.
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We must continue to be open in the face of great opposition. No one is encouraging us to be open and still we must peel away the layers of the heart.
