H. W. L. Poonja Quotes
If there is peace in your mind you will find peace with everybody. If your mind is agitated you will find agitation everywhere. So first find peace within and you will see this inner peace reflected everywhere else. You are this peace!
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I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.
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I'm a huge fan of 'Eastbound & Down.' It's one of my favorite shows.
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I'm too self-serious for a comedy.
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It would be spiteful to put a Jellyfish in a trifle.
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I believe how you measure a good movie is how many times you can see it. With comedies, I like to be a producer, because comedies can get corny and go off track real fast. I'm always the 'less is more' guy when it comes to a scene. So I'ma be the one who will keep it grounded.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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If you take away the gift of reading, you create the gift of listening.
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Thinking differently is my strength.
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'Wicked' gave us a story that 'The Wizard of Oz' did not. Two sides to every story.
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It's interesting, because I named my first album after my dad because I wanted to find him. My second album was named after my mom because I felt like I learned all my creative talents I learned from her. All the survival stuff, too. And then the next album is 'Maya,' which is not my real name. It's fake.
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He is far too intelligent to become really cerebral.
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I always have a basic plot outline, but I like to leave some things to be decided while I write.
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If your heart is in love, you can do anything.
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Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren't present.
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I'm not a revolutionary, and I'm not a warrior.
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I would have never gotten to college if it hadn't been for getting up at 4 A.M. and milking them Holsteins.
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Ricky Martin is one of my idols in the industry.
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I've never been to jail. I've never been arrested. I've never been locked up.
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I've done my share of busking, and it's fun until it isn't. There are musicians in the subways that will make you cry, they're so good.
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I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.
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The single most important hindrance to world evangelization right now is the lack of total involvement by the body of Christ.
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The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.
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Interscope is run more like a rock band than a record company. It's run in a very spontaneous, heartfelt way.
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If there is peace in your mind you will find peace with everybody. If your mind is agitated you will find agitation everywhere. So first find peace within and you will see this inner peace reflected everywhere else. You are this peace!
