Chogyam Trungpa Quotes
The strongest of us are those that are spiritually strong, and a spiritual warrior is one of vulnerability.
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A constant stream of 'free' money is a perfect way to keep an inefficient or simply bad government in power. As aid flows in, there is nothing more for the government to do - it doesn't need to raise taxes, and as long as it pays the army, it doesn't have to take account of its disgruntled citizens.
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For my film 'Fashion,' like an investigative journalist, I went about knowing the people, the models, the fashion designers. Similarly with the corporate world.
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It's more important to fly midpoint in deals and work together than to try to haggle for the last dollar.
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There's a way in which you can look at clothing as your outer skin. And because you were discriminated against because of your complexion, the way in which you could overcome that was through the way in which you presented yourself with your clothing.
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Finishing games has been something I'm really proud of, seeing something through to the end.
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As a child in the rural district of Penal I remember sharing meals from the same pot with neighbours of different racial, ethnic, social and economic backgrounds.
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The Islamist ideology took decades to incubate within our communities, and it will take decades to debunk.
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I applaud anyone who wants to take on the load that comes with being President of the United States. You really have to love your country to place yourself in that position.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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The thing that can get kind of annoying is, when you travel so much, how hectic it gets. I was being interviewed once - it was a phone interview - and they said, 'Where are you right now?' and I didn't know where I was.
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At no point am I ever threatened by people who question who I am, or why I like the things I do, or my legitimacy. Because I know who I am very strongly, and I think that's what geek culture can reinforce.
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I really believe you can predict when someone has a great attitude, a real well of talent.
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It's important to have masculine energy around your child.
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Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.
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Computer animation is one way to liberate people from their circumstantial gravity, and it is one way to give them mental freedom.
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I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or watch a movie that makes me cry.
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It might be useful to distinguish between pleasure and joy. But maybe everybody does this very easily, all the time, and only I am confused.
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I come by writing dialogue fairly naturally, I've got a chatty family; I'm a bit of a voyeur, and if I'm ever in a public place, I automatically find myself listening.
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Crying that it's an application bug is like crying over the speed of light: you should deal with reality, not what you wish reality was.
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Sometimes you're afraid to fall in love with a chick, but she sucks you in anyway.
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I believe it's a real tedious hostage negotiation to have a marriage be what it is.
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My family lives a pretty normal life.
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The Gods occupy the loftiest regions, men the lowest, the demons the middle region...They have immortality of body, but passions of the mind in common with men.
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The strongest of us are those that are spiritually strong, and a spiritual warrior is one of vulnerability.
