Chogyam Trungpa Quotes
People's creativity is very much alive, but when they get paid for their creativity, they often experience that as rather meaningless. Money as the reward for their creative process is very one-dimensional, a tremendous comedown.
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Whether you listen to a piece of music, or a poem, or look at a picture or a jug, or a piece of sculpture, what matters about it is not what it has in common with others of its kind, but what is singularly its own.
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It is impossible to divide the interest of a country and a company that works on its soil.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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I've been reading tabloids since I was nine. I love a good story.
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Last year the National Sorry Day Committee consulted with stolen generations people in every State and Territory, and concluded that programmes set up in response to the Bringing Them Home Report are reaching only a small fraction of those they are intended to help.
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You are about to have your first experience with a Greek lunch. I will kill you if you pretend to like it.
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Give a talk to children and tell them dinosaurs didn't drag their tails, and you get arguments.
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You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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My favorite thing before going to school was watching 'Full House,' 'Sabrina the Teenage Witch,' and 'Boy Meets World.'
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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I like writing people from a slightly sharp angle and then throwing more light on them. I think in life we see somebody and make judgments very quickly about who they are and what they are. Or we think people are boring because they appear ordinary.
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If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.
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The way I look at it you can always get better.
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Saving enough to retire has become impossible for most Americans.
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I played Miley Cyrus' grandma on 'Hannah Montana,' and the first time I was on, they said, 'We love having veterans like you on because she's like a little sponge, and she's really appreciative of all the veterans that are coming on the show, and we just love that you're teaching her.'
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Um... Bulgaria is an interesting country. The people are lovely. There are potholes the size of small planets.
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It's like deja-vu, all over again.
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From 16 years old, I wanted to have a baby, that's all I wanted.
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When we start using religion as a bludgeon in politics, when we start questioning other people's faith, we start using religion to divide, instead of bring the country together, then I think we've got a problem.
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I know that in my family there are histories of violence that are internal family things and that are oftentimes dealt with internally. By internally, I mean inside the family group, but also partly inside ourselves. You know, self-hatred and hostility and rage and this cycle that won't break.
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When we do fantasy, we must not lose sight of reality.
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'If I Should Love Again' - I was just so impressed with myself writing something like that. It wasn't a single and people didn't really know about it, but it's a beautiful song and that's part of what I'm loving.
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People's creativity is very much alive, but when they get paid for their creativity, they often experience that as rather meaningless. Money as the reward for their creative process is very one-dimensional, a tremendous comedown.
