Chogyam Trungpa Quotes
For the very reason that we expect things to be good and beautiful, they won't be. In genuine spirituality, we don't look for bliss.
Quotes to Explore
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I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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Being spontaneous is a blessing.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American.
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When I played sports, if you lose the game, and then you complain, that makes you a sore loser. That doesn't make you protester - that just makes you a whiner.
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I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.
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Cinema affects everything, from the way I get dressed to how I build my stages.
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What makes Mom the best is that she never put any expectations too high on the kids. She just wanted us to be doing the things that made us happy, as long as we were working hard, but we never had to live up to something.
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My wife will tell you that if you feel my hands before I walk on for a performance, you could chill a bottle of wine.
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I think the Democrats are catering to them, but, you know, in the entire history of the United States of America, there has never been a judge who has been refused a vote when there was a majority of Senators willing to vote for his confirmation, never in history.
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I get so nervous before I go on stage that I can never eat very much, so I'm always completely starving afterwards and dying for a bowl of pasta.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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My mom is painfully sweet; she's from Nebraska.
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I always have the impression that I write the same book.
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I keep on 5 to 10 pounds above my jeans weight, as the ultimate no-filler-needed refresher, and buy a size up on jeans.
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If you're in your early 20s and you're hanging out with a bunch of other people in their early 20s, nobody has a sense of the kinds of problems that real 'workers' run into every day. They're running into a completely different set of problems like 'What's the party going on right now that I should be going to?'
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When my body feels good, I feel more energized and alive, and that's sexy. I'm taking care of this body God gave me.
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There's a huge gulf between people who can afford to go to drama school and those who can't.
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If I knew that it was fated for me to be sick, I would even wish for it; for the foot also, if it had intelligence, would volunteer to get muddy.
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If we all climb together, we could climb the highest hill.
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I think the really good mountaineer is the man with the technical ability of the professional and with the enthusiasm and freshness of approach of the amateur.
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The first time I was onstage, I felt like the audience was breathing with me. I don't know if I was good or not; I just knew I was having a ball, and for the first time, I felt I belonged somewhere.
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For the very reason that we expect things to be good and beautiful, they won't be. In genuine spirituality, we don't look for bliss.
