Krista Tippett Quotes
Buddhist mindfulness is about the present, but I also think it's about being real. Being awake to everything. Feeling like nothing can hurt you if you can look it straight on.
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Not raising the debt ceiling is not an automatic trigger for a default.
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I didn't dictate sections of 'Visions of Cody.' I typed up a segment of taped conversation with Neal Cassady, or Cody, talking about his early adventures in L.A.
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Swimming is my passion and something that I love.
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Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.
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The United Nations has become a place where many countries seek to achieve a lynching of the United States by resolution.
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I think it's good to conquer the fears.
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I have the ordinary experience of being anonymous when I'm in an airplane talking to air-traffic control, and they don't know who they're talking to. I have a lot of common experiences.
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I have one talent, and that's figuring out what people want about two minutes before they know it themselves.
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I love any excuse to come to New York - when it's not February.
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I played Miley Cyrus' grandma on 'Hannah Montana,' and the first time I was on, they said, 'We love having veterans like you on because she's like a little sponge, and she's really appreciative of all the veterans that are coming on the show, and we just love that you're teaching her.'
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One of the strengths of Adani is that, because we are controlling mines, ships, ports and logistics, we are the cheapest solution provider for end users.
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I just miss - I miss being anonymous.
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When I do eventually drop, I pray to God that it'll happen in one of three ways. Firstly, on stage or leaving the stage, then secondly in my sleep. And the third way? You'll have to figure that out for yourself!
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I'm sure I wouldn't have been asked to judge the Man Booker if it weren't for 'Downton.'
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I had to learn not to let anyone push me around, to be brave and to say things I knew might make people mad.
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A dog is a pitiful thing, depending wholly on companionship, and utterly lost except in packs or by the side of his master. Leave him alone, and he does not know what to do except bark and howl and trot about till sheer exhaustion forces him to sleep.
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...words were said that could not be put right again...
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I believe the moral losses of expediency always far outweigh the temporary gains.
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It is necessary, it is necessary to pour salt on the wounds, in order to better remember, let them hurt.
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Buddhist mindfulness is about the present, but I also think it's about being real. Being awake to everything. Feeling like nothing can hurt you if you can look it straight on.
