Ramakrishna Quotes
Men are like pillow-cases. The colour of one may be red, that of another blue, and that of the third black; but all contain the same cotton within. So it is with man; one is beautiful, another is ugly, a third holy , and a fourth wicked; but the Divine Being dwells in them all
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I pledged to become the world's greatest expert in a field I knew nothing about.
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Isolationism is over.
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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If the 'Post' can play the role of a connector between the West and the East, I have confidence in the paper's future success.
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In my 20s, when I was a photojournalist in Beijing. I joined an underground art group and put on clandestine exhibitions of my paintings.
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Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt.
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There's always the ongoing actor frustration of finding the great role to do next. I don't go to work a lot. I wait as long as I can until the money runs out or a great part comes along.
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Doctrines provide an architecture for both Republican and Democrat presidents to carry out policies.
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I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it.
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If you're paralyzing your face in your 20s and 30s, you're not exercising the muscles that give it strength. My feeling is, laugh, cry, move your face.
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It is a myth of publishers that people want to read easy things.
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There are many who lust for the simple answers of doctrine or decree. They are on the left and right. They are not confined to a single part of the society. They are terrorists of the mind.
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I think every major character I've played was originally for an older woman. I have no idea what that says. I guess I'm mature for my age.
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I was in an awful lot of trouble in Hollywood.
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Like any group that has endured much, African Americans have created a strong and mutually reinforcing sense of group identity. That's not a bad thing in and of itself.
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When it comes to cooking pasta, the first essential is to make sure you have a big enough pot: it needs room to roll in the water while cooking.
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The key is to work with people who are passionate about storytelling and who have a similar sensibility of the type and nature of the stories that you want to tell.
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Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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I really love showing up at work at 10 A.M., trying to make it funny until 3 P.M., and then going home. It's like comedy bankers' hours.
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If our financial industry regarded security the way the health-care sector does, I would stuff my cash in a mattress under my bed.
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There should be an expanded role in this society for every human being. I see an expanded role for the human spirit, for excellence, for virtue, and for creativity - within women, and within everyone.
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I try to visit people in hospitals when I can, smiling and joking while I'm there. But when I leave, I just start crying.
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I want to take people away from the ugliness and sadness around us every day and bring beautiful, deep music to as many people as I can.
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Men are like pillow-cases. The colour of one may be red, that of another blue, and that of the third black; but all contain the same cotton within. So it is with man; one is beautiful, another is ugly, a third holy , and a fourth wicked; but the Divine Being dwells in them all
