Tirumalai Krishnamacharya Venkata Desikachar Quotes
The ultimate goal of yoga is to always observe things accurately, and therefore never act in a way that will make us regret our actions later.
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I never believed that U2 wanted to save the whales. I don't believe that The Beastie Boys are ready to lay it down for Tibet.
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In '87, I was about 9 years old, and so at that point I was wearing, like, fluorescent green T-shirts and acid-wash jeans and leg warmers, and my hair was in a ponytail with a scrunchie and I had the teased bangs that were up in a rainbow shape. It was crazy.
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My wife Kris and I enjoy keeping an active lifestyle, so it's hard to imagine what it would be like if breathing problems kept me from participating in the activities I love to do. But that's exactly what happens to many people who develop COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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The Technion didn't teach students how to open a start-up.
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My dad was a kind of semiprofessional Dixieland-type drummer, and I learned the drums from him. When I was about twelve, we bought our first Ludwig drum set from a pawnshop - a marching-band bass drum, great big tom-toms, and big, deep snare drums.
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I do love getting dressed up, but sometimes it's glam and edgy mixed together.
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I don't know where Hank Aaron will break Ruth's record but I can tell you one thing - ten years from the day he hits it three million people will say they were there.
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You make your mark by being true to who you are and letting that be your staple.
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Panama's a really wonderful country. There's obviously the Panama Canal, which brings a lot of tourism, and a huge American influence; it's just a mix of so many great things: African, Caribbean, Latin American Spanish, all kinds of influences there.
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It's just different in the music world. You come more with an entourage.
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I don't make resolutions, because resolutions seem so ephemeral and transient to go away.
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I feel like I've been the star of my own show for a while now. I was always putting on shows as a kid, and obviously, my household was really creative.
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If a patient is cold, if a patient is feverish, if a patient is faint, if he is sick after taking food, if he has a bed-sore, it is generally the fault not of the disease, but of the nursing.
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I do just genuinely believe Chris Hemsworth is a 6'3, more muscular version of me. And more handsome, but I try.
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You never know what a fool you can be till life gives you the chance.
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If uncovering the truth is the greatest challenge of nonfiction writing, it is also the greatest reward.
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I like writing for teenagers because they're not snobs.
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I grew up as a Southern Baptist with strict adherence to the Bible, which I read as a youngster.
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The real trouble with the writing game is that no general rule can be worked out for uniform guidance, and this applies to sales as well as to writing.
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Ask yourself every couple of minutes, 'Can I go harder? Can I do more?' You've got so much power. Show me.
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But what really excited me was the idea that humans had a tremendous pre-history that went back millions of years. I wanted to go to Africa to find some of these creatures.
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I experimented with every kind of class possible - yoga, spin, Pilates, rowing - but it was all haphazard, cobbled together by trial and error.
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The ultimate goal of yoga is to always observe things accurately, and therefore never act in a way that will make us regret our actions later.
