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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That is the most stupid thing yet. I tell you that I could despair of human intelligence when I see what can exist in men’s minds.
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The definition of 'morbid' is an unhealthy preoccupation with death. Unfortunately, there's no word to mean the perfectly healthy preoccupation with death, which is what I have.
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On the third day after Jesus' own death, He came out of the grave to give the world a sign it cannot deny. For a man to predict His own death and resurrection was something only God could do.
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Our brothers and sisters in Muslim countries can't celebrate Christmas-or any aspect of their faith-openly for fear of persecution and death. And yet we, with all our freedoms, often choose to make Christmas a celebration of commercialism!
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The attainment of enlightenment from ego's point of view is extreme death.
