Chogyam Trungpa Quotes
A great deal of chaos in the world occurs because people don't appreciate themselves. Having never developed sympathy or gentleness toward themselves, they cannot experience harmony or peace within themselves, and therefore, what they project to others is also inharmonious and confused.
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America.
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I don't know if I would say that I'm specifically a history buff. I do find a lot of things fascinating, especially anything that's bizarre or mysterious and unknown and we don't have all the answers for.
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Ryan Gosling's, like, my crush, but I don't really pay attention to his personal style.
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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Los Angeles was great fun because it was the polar opposite of Moscow in 1980. It was sunny and bright, lots of colours around, whereas Moscow was dark and oppressive.
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A big thing that gets people in trouble in the kitchen is not reading the recipe from start to finish before you cook it. Before you start anything, read through the entire recipe once.
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My dad was really complex, and I was raised by that. My mom is really bright - very book bright - and so those things collide... I learned that I could put all of that stuff together in the world of acting, and I could make a dollar at it.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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I became a dancer late and an actor late.
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When I first started playing in a band, before the Beatles, working bands played standards and they saved their rock material til the end of the night when they were really stretched out. It could be pretty lame.
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It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.
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Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.
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If you get anything creative going, then the work and play thing is the same thing, I feel.
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You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.
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I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
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Men have desired, and justly, that women should learn from their confessions in regard to the conflict between man and woman. But woman, because of the conventional conception of womanly purity, has been intimidated from conceding to men a deep insight into her erotic life experiences.
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Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards.
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Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year.
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Most people who get into power in the western world start with great intentions, but slowly they all become entrapped and hung by their own petard.
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A great deal of chaos in the world occurs because people don't appreciate themselves. Having never developed sympathy or gentleness toward themselves, they cannot experience harmony or peace within themselves, and therefore, what they project to others is also inharmonious and confused.
