Chogyam Trungpa Quotes
The point is not to convert anyone to our view, but rather to help people wake to their own view, their own sanity.
Quotes to Explore
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The way we do music in Brazil is very different because we are so moved by music; we grow up with that.
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I like films to be complete in their written form.
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I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.
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I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
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Writing for children hadn't occurred to me when I was younger, but nine years of teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with 10 or 11 years of experience as human beings.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe.
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It's really hard for kids nowadays: you can get a decent education, but there are no jobs out there. You worry about how they are ever going to afford to live anywhere.
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You can tell the difference between songs that were created in a garage and songs that were created in the studio.
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You know sometimes when you're in a really bad mood and you're not sure why? That's how I get sometimes.
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I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to do I didn't.
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I wouldn't mind going somewhere and taking a president position and signing acts and taking the attention off of me and taking what I've learned in my career and applying that to another person's.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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I am not one of these guys who works job after job after job.
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I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.
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I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays.
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As a race, the Negroes are not lazy.
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Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player.
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I don't any longer make any quality judgement between theater and cinema. They are different experiences for the audience, and they also are for the actors - although they have a lot in common.
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I think about Chicago as being a very actor-centered theater town, and people aren't in it to get to the next level, like movies and television. We're there for the love of the theater. So I think it fit right into my particular skill set, which is I love performing live.
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The more time passes in your life, I think the greater you understand perspective. So I'm happy that I've had experiences that have reminded me that most exciting things might not feel so exciting later, and the most disappointing things might not be so disappointing later, either.
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If we put together all that we have learned from anthropology and ethnography about primitive men and primitive society, we perceive that the first task of life is to live. Men begin with acts, not with thoughts.
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The point is not to convert anyone to our view, but rather to help people wake to their own view, their own sanity.
