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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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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I would be a terrible person to be in a relationship with because I'm either sleeping or at the theater.
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Christmas movies, it's a hard thing to do. The danger is you just end up with a Hollywood star with a Santa beard. You risk it being fake and cheesy and not real.
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The only person stopping you from doing something is yourself, and looking for excuses all the time just gets in the way of obtaining your own goals. It's like the writer who keeps getting up and straightening the pictures in the room.
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She stepped out from among their shifting confusion of lovely lights and shadows. A circle of grass, smooth as a lawn, met her eyes, with dark trees dancing all around it. And then --Oh Joy! For he was there: the huge Lion, shining white in the moonlight, with his huge black shadow underneath him.
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It's such a weird self-confidence that an artist has - to conceive of this thing that serves no function and say, 'I'm going to really work hard for it and give it and it's just going to matter to people.' You really have to believe it all on your own.
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If we're not there making the argument then the cultural gulf that Republicans try to exploit saying, "Ah, these city slickers: they're all looking down on you, they don't care about you. They're just trying to help out their various special interest constituencies," that argument ends up being successful.
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The attainment of enlightenment from ego's point of view is extreme death.
