B. Alan Wallace Quotes
Tibetans look at a person who holds himself above others, believing he is better than others and knows more, and they say that person is like someone sitting on a mountain top: it is cold there, it is hard, and nothing will grow. But if the person puts himself in a lower position, then that person is like a fertile field.
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Under-representation of women and other inequality among researchers is a problem that will not solve itself as women acquire competence.
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Everyone has an idea that they think would be a great movie. Everyone has a cousin who they think you should work with.
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We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.
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Now, I don't know how they judge all that, but if anybody in the world deserves to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Ritchie Valens does.
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I think if they put a laugh track on 'Intervention,' it would be funny.
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No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.
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I do believe anybody manufacturing products for healthcare cannot regard it truly as a 100 per cent business: it is business plus a humanitarian approach to society because you are saving lives. You are playing with people's lives.
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I've been writing for years, you know, and when I get to a particular place, city, or different locale, I find myself first of all being challenged by those that love me to write more.
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I feel like a good mom. I'm a strong woman now... Don't look down on me. Pray for me because I'm trying.
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I've decided to tell my kids things like: 'I love the way each of you tilted back your heads when you laughed.' I will give them specific stuff they can grasp.
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I grew up in a home where reading was a big deal.
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A lot of my music has ambiguity and room for people to interpret.
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Conflict cannot survive without your participation.
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Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.
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I feel very comfortable shooting music, and I think you can see that.
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I don't care if it's somebody else's song. Most of the time, you'll find that I'll put my own stamp on it. But I started writing more because, you know, it's easy to regurgitate what somebody else is doing, but it's exciting to be able to come up with your own writing.
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I can't say enough about 'OLTL's' strong cast.
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Half of architecture students are women, and you see respected, established female architects all the time.
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At the Summer Solstice, all is green and growing, potential coming into being, the miracle of manifestation painted large on the canvas of awareness. At the Winter Solstice, the wind is cold, trees are bare and all lies in stillness beneath blankets of snow.
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This existence of ours is as transient as autumn clouds To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movements of a dance. A lifetime is like a flash of lightning in the sky, Rushing by, like a torrent down a steep mountain.
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I remember bringing some of my other friends to our table, and everyone at our table would look at them and ask me, 'What are you doing? Why'd you bring him?' It was annoying high school stuff that still goes on now. My high school was really bad.
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Passion gets an entrepreneur through the startup days and the enormous efforts it takes to build a business.
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Tibetans look at a person who holds himself above others, believing he is better than others and knows more, and they say that person is like someone sitting on a mountain top: it is cold there, it is hard, and nothing will grow. But if the person puts himself in a lower position, then that person is like a fertile field.
