Karen Armstrong Quotes
Even before 9/11 I was gripped by a sense of dread: our lack of criticism about what we were doing in the Middle East - the slagging off of a whole religious tradition.
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Everyone is doing forensics.
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What matters is that you are doing what you think is right based on the standards which you hold.
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I'm a writer first and a singer second. And then I started editing my own videos when I was 17, so it's a process I've been doing since I was younger.
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One could surely argue that the Buddhist tradition, taken as a whole, represents the richest source of contemplative wisdom that any civilization has produced.
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It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious.
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You can't hate Britney Spears because, you know what, no matter what Britney Spears been doing, she's still on TV.
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Doing a TV show is different because it's more of a TV version of something. A more focused take on things.
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People get cranky when you burst their bubble. Over time, advances in astronomy have relentlessly reinforced the utter insignificance of Earth on a celestial scale. Fortunately, political and religious leaders stopped barbecuing astronomers for saying so, turning their spits with human-rights activists instead.
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Anytime you put a movie out it's subject to such scrutiny and such criticism.
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I absolutely loathe the idea of doing a fragrance simply as a moneymaker. Personal brand to make money? Vomit.
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I was very fortunate to hook up with Jerry in the first place. The network was already committed to doing something with him, so I skipped a couple of hundred steps right there.
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Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
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On one side, citizens have great respect for the United States; they have a great feeling of friendship. That is solid. But in the opposition and in the political arena I often find criticism of the closeness of relations with the United States. That is a reality.
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Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
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My wife and I have a tradition of popcorn and videos with our kids on Friday evenings.
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Don't look for approval in what everyone else is doing; look for approval from Almighty God.
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If any ideology is so serious that you can't have fun while you're doing it, it's probably too serious.
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Acting was something that I grew up just doing. I certainly never thought about it.
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... religious insults are considered acceptable even by those who decry slurs about race, ethnicity, and gender. Religious people seem to deserve such treatment.
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Freedom does not consist in any dreamt-of independence from natural laws, but in the knowledge of these laws, and in the possibility this gives of systematically making them work towards definite ends.
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To create something to dream about, I need exceptional women, locations and architectures.
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You have to make peace with yourself. The key is to find the harmony in what you have.
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Galileos still exist in science. Sometimes a lone proponent of a new idea turns out to be right.
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Even before 9/11 I was gripped by a sense of dread: our lack of criticism about what we were doing in the Middle East - the slagging off of a whole religious tradition.
