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 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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We have no quarrel with a policy that seeks to support human rights.
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I love working with women.
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Pay attention to the big themes because that's what will help you earn ten times your money.
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I have an idea I want to test, for combining old peoples' homes and orphanages. Old people are lonely without children, children are lonely without parents. Why not bring them together?
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No matter what, I still was gonna make music, even if it was on a small scale. Even if it was just for me.
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I like going to places that are so different than where I'm from.
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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.
