A. H. Almaas Quotes
True states of realization occur when you throw away all the teachings. All of the teachings, absolutely. Everything. Then you are investigation itself finding out what you are.
Quotes to Explore
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Form can only be destroyed accidentally, i.e., on account of its connexion with substance, the true nature of which consists in the property of never being without a disposition to receive form.
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The average Indian doesn't care about Hollywood movies because they have far too many movies of their own to watch, to miss, and I hope a story like 'Million Dollar Arm,' that is actually about India and deals with these two Indian kids, resonates over there and makes people want to go and see the movie.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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I look a hundred and weigh 110 – you won't love me when you see the wreck England has made me.
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I'm annoying to be around because I keep twitching.
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I found the brick-making process fascinating - how, after being burnt, the brick would come out strong. I liked to sit on the stack of bricks and look as far as I could. I'd do the same at a hillock near my school - just sit on top at leisure and enjoy the feeling of being on top of the world.
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As cliched as it sounds, I'm taking every day as it comes.
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I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
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Acting, believe it or not, can get very self-involved! I feel fortunate to have been able to work on things with people who have a very specific point of view and perspective, and who feel like they're doing something very active.
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It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
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I love music. I still play cello a few times a week.
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There is no truly global justice.
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Hip-hop is the only music in the world where you can take any instrument and make it hip hop. It's anybody's music. It's what you make of it. That's for anything you do in life.
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I don't have a specific type of role that I aspire to play or aspire to act. I really like a challenge and I really like doing things that are different because if I had to do the same thing all the time, then I don't think I would be an actor.
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Telecoms is a national business. There isn't a European market. There's no Telecom Italia in France.
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For a long time, I so badly wanted to work with Jeremy Piven, and I ended up on 'Mr. Selfridge' with him. He was such a character - so brilliant to work with.
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Volunteering is a great way to look outside your own problems. Giving back to makes you happier by both giving you a sense of purpose and helping to put your problems in perspective.
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I have never acted in one and I'm not at all interested to do so either.
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However popular you are, you still feel like an outsider.
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Each time you present a tour, you're faced with these questions of, 'How do you want to present visual information? How do you want to take the music that we're making on stage and visualize that?'
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For one true measure of a nation is its success in fulfilling the promise of a better life for each of its members. Let this be the measure of our nation.
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Now I'm running against a woman who, my God, that's all she talks about. Our true heroes, it's the last thing in the world they talk about.
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True states of realization occur when you throw away all the teachings. All of the teachings, absolutely. Everything. Then you are investigation itself finding out what you are.
