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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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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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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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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Perhaps it is of more value to infuriate philosophers than to go along with them.
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I don't go out unless I'm working. My quality time is when I'm doing nothing.
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The whole purpose of annual reviews is to keep you abreast of whether or not you are fulfilling the requirements of tenure.
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The Republicans have put together serious detailed counter-proposals when we have objected to this administration's agenda. And so, I want to tell the President and remind him again, we're not voting no for political expediency. We've got our principles, and we're going to stand up and defend those.
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If the adjustment made by a court can be accepted or not, it will be refused whenever the men can gain more by continuing the strike, with whatever of violence that involves.
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Whenever there's an interview with me, I might read it, but I don't read the comments because they're so hateful sometimes. When someone writes something nasty, I just think, "If that's your contribution to my day, I really don't need your impoliteness." I'm lucky that people are very cool with me and I get a lot of love. I appreciate that.
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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.
