Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar Quotes
That's the beauty of backbends. Emotionally we can never be disturbed, for the emotional centre becomes an extrovert. When you do Viparita Dandasana, your head looks backwards, but your conscious mind stretches everywhere. Study by observing how the mind gets regulated. You not only know the freedom in the spine, but also the freedom in the spirit.
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The main concern of the study is with the outline of a theoretical system. Its minor variations from writer to writer are not a matter of concern to this analysis.
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We're supposed to be an example of freedom, and if we are doing things that are injustice to people, then what is our statement?
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You still think we can go out there, and we can all run the mile in four minutes, you know, your mind still thinks that, but then you go out and actually try to do it, it's kind of scary.
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The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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Girls pour their insecurities into their looks.
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To my mind, there is no doubt that this Gandhi age is the dark age of India. It is an age in which people, instead of looking for their ideals in the future, are returning to antiquity.
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There was this song I was working on called 'Swing.' It was almost finished, but there was something missing, and I couldn't for the life of me figure it out. And then this little piece of information - this little tweet - came to the forefront of my mind.
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Love me or hate me, both are in my favour. If you love me, I will always be in your heart, and if you hate me, I will be in your mind.
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Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.
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Freedom has a price. Most people aren't willing to pay it.
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If there is anything that keeps the mind open to angel visits, and repels the ministry of ill, it is human love.
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A curious mind is the most important attribute any man or woman can possess.
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I went on tour with Beyonce before. I wouldn't mind doing something with her.
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A high-brow is someone who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso.
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What do you think will happen in a forced marriage? With an uneducated man, an animal. What would I say, that I am already married? Why would I say it? I never accepted him as my husband in my heart or mind. How I spent a year and a half with him, only I know. And I only did it because of the child.
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Once I make up my mind, I'm full of indecision.
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It was helpful to have the confidence of youth that came from a lack of desperation. I thought, 'If I don't succeed, I'll go back to school and study.'
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The world is changing and the physical barriers are down now. It's time for the emotional barriers to go down. And what better place to start than school?
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The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.
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The biggest mistake you can make is assuming that creativity will hit you all at once and the muse will carry you to the end of the book on feather wings while 'Foster the People' plays gently in the background. Storytelling is work. Pleasurable work, usually, but it is work.
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Most Americans think there's already universal background checks. They don't understand why there wouldn't be a background check to purchase a weapon.
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That's the beauty of backbends. Emotionally we can never be disturbed, for the emotional centre becomes an extrovert. When you do Viparita Dandasana, your head looks backwards, but your conscious mind stretches everywhere. Study by observing how the mind gets regulated. You not only know the freedom in the spine, but also the freedom in the spirit.
