Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar Quotes
You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul.
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The evidence of a Jewish civilization going back more than two millennia is overwhelmingly borne out in the archaeology of the region. The heritage of the Jews in Palestine is documented.
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I never left doo wop.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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I don't make any distinction between a popular TV series or blockbuster film and doing Shakespeare. They're different, but as long as the material is good and the intention is honourable, it's all the same to me.
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When I arrived at Barcelona, I was following a dream, but I now realize sometimes it's better to be content with what you have rather than follow a dream which nearly kills you.
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When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.
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Working with the dying is like being a midwife for this great rite of passage of death. Just as a midwife helps a being take their first breath, you help a being take their last breath.
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I remember immediately - immediately - feeling like, 'I don't want to play 'We Are Young' when I'm 35. I don't want to be defined by this.'
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Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.
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It is eerie being all but alone in Westminster Abbey. Without the tourists, there are only the dead, many of them kings and queens. They speak powerfully and put my thoughts into vivid perspective.
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Basically, particularly in Britain, it's a hegemonic thing that people who write tend to come from the leisure classes. They can afford the time and the books.
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I don't read books.
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At the end of the day, we have an economy that works for the rich by cheating the poor, and unequal schools are the result of that, not the cause.
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Our fate is determined by how far we are prepared to push ourselves to stay alive - the decisions we make to survive. We must do whatever it takes to endure and make it through alive.
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I think, for me, I'm a player that wants the puck, and I'm a better player when I have it.
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War is good when good survives and evil is crushed. If you don't crush evil then evil will get you.
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I always try to make each character my own.
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In the not-for-profit world, I never felt that being female was an impediment. I was, however, given my break into commercial theatre by a female producer, Judy Craymer, and women - in particular, Donna Langley, president of production at Universal - were crucial in giving 'Mamma Mia' a home in Hollywood.
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My career has been a gradual climb. I think that's part of the reason why I've had longevity.
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The question on my husband's birthday is always, What do you get for the man who has nothing?
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When you've played two sets against the girl, you kind of know her game, and by the third set I was really comfortable.
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My hope arises from the freeness of grace, and not from the freedom of the will.
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You do not need to seek freedom in some distant land, for it exists within your own body, heart, mind, and soul.
