Chogyam Trungpa Quotes
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
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I think I was lucky I got into art college. That's what saved me.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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We were taught manners and we had to do our chores - Katie and I grew up as normal kids.
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People are getting careers from YouTube and uploading videos. And they're totally different - you can't necessarily be funny on a video, and then all of a sudden you're live in a theater. You don't have the tools yet. It's a lot more involved to go from being funny on a little iPhone screen to being live in front of people and being funny.
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Too often, I've put my career and helping others ahead of my own needs.
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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Personally I feel, for me, it's tough to do Botox - but it's also tough not to! Sometimes, I think I need the help. Whatever anyone else chooses is fine with me - no judgment.
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Being a decathlete is like having ten girlfriends. You have to love them all, and you can't afford losing one.
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Endurance in ministry is rooted in the eternal perspective. The absence of an eternal perspective makes you vulnerable to losing heart.
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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I'm not a universalist, and the way I talk about final loss is this: People worship idols - money, whatever. Their humanness gets reshaped around the idol - you become like what you worship. That's one of the basic spiritual laws.
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I just try to speak passionately about things I'm involved in and moved by.
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African-Americans know about racism, but I don't think we really know the causes. I decided it's first of all a family problem.
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Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have.
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Our program for American GIs can be heard at 1630 hours.
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I have this rule. It's called 'Top Dog-Underdog:' Underdog gets to make fun of Top Dog, but Top Dog can't make fun of Underdog. But you know what? You get Top Dog, you get to be Top Dog. Congratulations! And that dynamic happens not just in race but in many different ways. It's like the male-female dynamic.
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I am undeniably afraid of the dark!
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Doubt is not below knowledge, but above it.
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A dangerous book will always be in danger from those it threatens with the demand that they question their assumptions. They'd rather hang on to the assumptions and ban the book.
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It is disconcerting that no one associated with the Guild has yet been able to provide a detailed accounting or basis for these fees, despite the fact that they come directly from dues and fees paid by Guild members, who expect the Guild's leadership and management to be dedicated to furthering the members' health and welfare.
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If you've made enough money where you're not worried about the rent or survival, you start asking yourself why you're on this planet. Your point is to do the most good you can before you die - well, I could do more good if I didn't die.
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Consciousness is an electrical phenomenon which arises from a state of being which we can feel.
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Why don't we just expand ourselves into our perfect form, our perfect being?
