A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (Abhay Charan De) Quotes
One must execute devotional service under the guidance of a devotee or directly under the guidance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is not possible, however, to train oneself without guidance from the spiritual master.
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For women in, say, Alabama, 'feminism' is a dirty word. They would never march in the streets. But although they don't think of themselves as the beneficiaries of feminism, they are.
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In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc.
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Come on... when you're running, if you see you're going to win, you're going to celebrate.
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.
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I like a twisted sense of humour. On 'A History of Violence,' David Cronenberg and I would be doing the grimmest scenes and laugh a lot.
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The thing about the Islamic situation is we don't have a church. We don't have an ordained priesthood, which makes it a little complicated. But we do have a tradition of scholarship, and rules of scholarship. It's very much like any field of knowledge.
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If you are a businessman or a politician in Iran, you can get a visa as quickly as you ask for it.
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I've done movies I'm very proud of, but there's always a sense of: 'Come see this shiny new car!' The question I hate the most is: 'Why should people see it?'
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I am not thinking about life after football, but I know it will be another life, another world.
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Having a credible existence in the private sector frees people to be able to be better public servants. You're less concerned with... toeing the party line and more concerned with doing what is right.
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All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him.
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When I go out and I see the genuine appreciation from the people, that's a big thing for me.
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A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.
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September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy.
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Green roofs, roadside plantings, porous pavement, and sidewalk gardens have been proven to reduce flooding. They absorb rainwater before it swamps the streets and sewage systems.
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I think every professor and writer is in some way an exhibitionist because his or her normal activity is a theatrical one. When you give a lesson the situation is the same as writing a book. You have to capture the attention, the complicity of your audience.
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That's the great thing about art. Anybody can do it if you just believe. With practice, you can make great paintings.
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I am a New Zealander, but I don't want to swallow New Zealand identity in one gulp.
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The Populist Caucus is the only caucus in Congress devoted solely to addressing middle class economic issues. We formed the caucus because the founding members felt like there wasn't enough focus on middle class issues in Washington, and we're going to keep it focused on middle class issues.
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My father was in the military, so I was in Okinawa.
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I think when you take off that jacket and they see that ‘I LOVE GRANDMA’ T-shirt, they’re going to rip your heart out.
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In essence, science is a perpetual search for an intelligent and integrated comprehension of the world we live in.
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One must execute devotional service under the guidance of a devotee or directly under the guidance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is not possible, however, to train oneself without guidance from the spiritual master.
