K. Pattabhi Jois Quotes
It is very important to understand yoga philosophy: without philosophy, practice is not good, and yoga practice is the starting place for yoga philosophy. Mixing both is actually the best.
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When a man interrupts a woman in mid-sentence, it reveals much about him. First, it shows he hasn't been listening to what she is saying, and secondly, it indicates that he doesn't want to listen to what she will say. Her views are not important.
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We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray.
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When you look at the roles I've done and the roles coming up, they're all strong. I guess I'm more drawn to that than that kind of submissive role females can be categorised as.
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To receive everything, one must open one's hands and give.
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I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States and didn't have my immigration papers in order, so working for a university was a way of resolving the issue.
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When I turned 11, my dad decorated a room at the Standard hotel in Los Angeles in a '60s, Austin Powers style. There was human bowling: You run inside a giant inflatable ball and try to knock down pins. To this day, adults say it was one of the craziest parties they've ever been to.
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Over the next few years the boardrooms of America are going to light up with hot flashes.
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No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.
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I don't watch television. I'm not a TV guy.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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The viewer must bring their own view to a photograph.
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I maintain music is not here to make us forget about life. It's also here to teach us about life: the fact that everything starts and ends, the fact that every sound is in danger of disappearing, the fact that everything is connected - the fact that we live and we die.
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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
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It's up to the audience. It always has been.
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Climate change is obviously happening and there is obviously a man-made contribution.
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I actually think I need 'Homeland' rehab. And that Ray Donovan. I think I've watched every episode more than once. Liev Schreiber, Jeffrey Wright and Jon Voight have made me fall in love with acting again.
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My kids love anime, but I don't show them the really graphic stuff.
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Today's gasoline prices are taking a severe toll on Americans' pocketbooks. Consumers are anxious.
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I am a very good driver - a defensive driver.
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It is very important to understand yoga philosophy: without philosophy, practice is not good, and yoga practice is the starting place for yoga philosophy. Mixing both is actually the best.
