Satish Kumar Quotes
If happiness was in money or power, then America should be the happiest country in the world, but it is not.
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I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.
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I think of novels in architectural terms. You have to enter at the gate, and this gate must be constructed in such a way that the reader has immediate confidence in the strength of the building.
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I hadn't focused on mechanics since I signed professionally.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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At Munich we sold the Czechs for a few months grace, but the disgrace will last as long as history.
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The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.
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As long as the number one worry for people, keeping them up at nights, is whether they're going to have a job in the morning, then they are less likely to resist unfair changes, or unfair treatment, or cuts in real pay at work.
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My husband believes that he can make a difference. He loves people.
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I'm really Wallace Beery in 'The Champ.'
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Yancy is actually a Native-American name, but I'm Irish. Go figure.
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I'm not even kind of a lesbian.
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Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean.
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I get really restless when I haven't worked for a day and a half. I have a recurring dream that people are lined up next to my bed, waiting for autographs and taking pictures of me!
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The truth is, I'm not body confident.
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I have a really hard time abiding by falsehoods being left in place.
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War on terrorism reflects, in my view, a rather narrow and extremist vision of foreign policy for a superpower and for a great democracy with genuinely idealistic traditions.
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Just learning to think in another language allows you to see your own culture in a better viewpoint.
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Great writing can be done in biography, history, art.
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My theme song is 'One Tin Soldier' by Coven.
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Children, a lot of times, can't make their parents wrong because they have to live with them, because they have to love them. And when you're young, you can't get on your Big Wheel and go down to the Best Western. You've got to live there and you've got to figure it out.
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I love old-fashioned manners, as long as it's not forced. I can tell when it's natural or when someone is just trying to impress me.
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When I sent those scripts, that was the lowest point of my life. We'd just had our second son, and when I went to collect them from hospital, I went to the bank to try and get some money to buy some diapers, the screen showed I've got $26 left.
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As human beings we each have a responsibility to care for humanity. Expressing concern for others brings inner strength and deep satisfaction. As social animals, human beings need friendship, but friendship doesn't come from wealth and power, but from showing compassion and concern for others.
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If happiness was in money or power, then America should be the happiest country in the world, but it is not.
