Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar Quotes
Through surrender the aspirant's ego is effaced, and . . . grace . . . pours down upon him like a torrential rain.
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There's nothing simple when you're in this 'Good Place.'
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There is nothing out there that I have a grudge against or I have a problem with.
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Making music is pretty much the only thing I can do.
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With 'Dance Moms' in L.A., we film on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. When we film in Pittsburgh, we film the same days, but we still dance in our studio when we're not filming, so I'm dancing every day except Sunday.
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The impact of any particular writer on your own work is hard to discern.
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I don't think many people will re-read 'The Da Vinci Code.'
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The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics.
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What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
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I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts.
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I had a flip phone until I was 25, and I didn't use social media until that age, either.
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Stasis is something that has marked my life since I was a boy growing up in Pittsburgh with my mother. It was the natural state that we existed in. For one thing, she suffered from a debilitating depression throughout my childhood, and depression is nothing if not static.
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I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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I went to Iceland in 1861 and went over nearly every bit of the ground made famous by the adventures of Grettir.
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You may have heard of the Slow Movement, which challenges the canard that faster is always better. You don't have to ditch your career, toss the iPhone, or join a commune to take part. Living 'Slow' just means doing everything at the right speed - quickly, slowly, or at whatever pace delivers the best results.
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The great thing about albums is it gives you a lot of choices, and we can all say that the album business is dead, but watch Taylor Swift. I don't think it's dead. I just think we've got to hit on the energies that make people want to collect albums.
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Christine Bass was my high school music teacher. She took a program on its last legs and within a few years turned into one of the best programs in the country. Our high school dominated national choir competitions all through her 20-plus year tenure.
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The reason we have so much talent in Silicon Valley building and investing in for-profit technology companies is that markets richly reward successful ideas, no matter who invents them. But to remain competitive in a free market, companies must exercise discipline to meet quantitative goals and eventually become cashflow positive.
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I served 10 years on the U.S. House Intelligence Committee, and I had the distinct privilege of meeting with real U.S. spies throughout the globe.
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I never had this ego where I must write everything. I'm not Bob Dylan.
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Colours shone with exceptional clarity in the rain. The ground was a deep black, the pine branches a brilliant green, the people wrapped in yellow looking like special spirits that were allowed to wander over the earth on rainy mornings only.
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Through surrender the aspirant's ego is effaced, and . . . grace . . . pours down upon him like a torrential rain.
