Chogyam Trungpa Quotes
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I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me.
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I have an enormous metabolism, so I'm lucky.
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Feminists have confused opportunity with outcome.
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The dove act? I'm still working on it. I don't think it's perfect yet. I got my first pair of doves when I was 14 years old. That was the beginning of the formation of that act. So it's been 24 years now that I've been working on it.
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When you're bad in the NBA, you're in the lottery. When you're great in college, you get multiple lottery picks.
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I'm generally competing with the ideal I have set for myself, and I've found that served me very well.
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Do what you are not supposed to do, like wear white shoes all year round.
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It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.
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Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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Having children is exciting. Life puts the past into perspective.
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Starring in a science-fiction film doesn't mean you have to act science fiction.
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Sometimes it's nice just being in your own room and having a quiet night and relaxing and getting ready for the game.
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I like to stay home with my family.
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To me, 'rock star' conjures up something like a mystic: someone who sees himself as above other people, someone who has the key to the secret that people want to know.
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I've lived in the Hamptons since 1978, when I first bought my store Barefoot Contessa.
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We're not even supposed to have a break in August if we have not passed the appropriations bills. It's in the House rules.
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America is a meritocracy.
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The Washington black community was able to succeed beyond his wildest dreams. I mean, we had our own newspapers, our own restaurants, our own theaters, our own small shops, our own clubs, our own Masonic lodges.
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If you eat, you should be concerned about the people who are providing you with food.
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I've had to listen to candidates tell me they are the most wonderful thing since the invention of sliced bread, and it bores me to death. It also makes me doubt that they are actually any good at all - plus it's an attitude that would never fly in the culture I've created in my company.
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Obviously, the death of Usama Bin Laden marked a strategic milestone in our effort to defeat al-Qa'ida. Unfortunately, Bin Laden's death, and the death and capture of many other al-Qa'ida leaders and operatives, does not mark the end of that terrorist organization or its efforts to attack the United States and other countries.
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The attainment of enlightenment from ego's point of view is extreme death.
