Matthieu Ricard Quotes
That's what Buddhism has been trying to unravel - the mechanism of happiness and suffering. It is a science of the mind.
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I've fallen victim to worrying about what everybody thinks. It's never going to be that everyone is happy. You just gotta know what you like and go with it.
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A lot of legends, a lot of people, have come before me. But this is my time.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
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Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
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You will find in me a loyal head of state who is ready listen and understand, warn and advise as well as to defend the public interest at all times.
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We need to change America's image round the world. America has lost some lustre in terms of how folks aspire to be like us.
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I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.
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I think protecting your family and giving to them is so important. It's the most important achievement.
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If it's nice out, I swim pretty much every day for about half an hour. I have a great pool; it's very private and not too many people use it.
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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Great writing is great writing. It's as simple as all that.
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I've worked my whole life and never missed a deadline.
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Psychologists have set about describing the true nature of women with a certainty and a sense of their own infallibility rarely found in the secular world.
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I've been playing this game, fortunately for me, since I was three years old. That's one of the reasons why this game is so special to me.
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The people decide who's No. 1, the best in boxing.
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I look at the world through a green lens now, but you can't make yourself crazy. That feeling of green guilt can be really inhibiting. It's about a changing mind-set, remembering to turn off the water when you are brushing your teeth.
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I definitely went through a period when I was a teenager when every girl was 'The One' and every break-up was the 'Worst Thing That Had Ever Happened.'
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If you believe that people are basically good, and you remove obstacles, then they'll do the right thing by each other.
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As a runner on a film, you are the lowest of the low, and yet you have incredible access to everyone. I can totally imagine that for actors in the middle of a Hollywood bubble, all they really want is a sense of normality, and that gopher can be a tap for that.
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I learned during all my career to enjoy suffering.
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Difficulties break some men but make others. No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end.
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I have an idealistic view of science as a liberalising and progressive force for humanity.
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That's what Buddhism has been trying to unravel - the mechanism of happiness and suffering. It is a science of the mind.
