Vandana Shiva Quotes
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People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be 'consistent'.
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Hip-hop is so much about character and caricature that people just see you as a character. Very rarely are you flesh and bone to people.
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When Gordon Brown becomes prime minister, the balance sheet that reflects his economic stewardship could look very sickly indeed. He could become Labour's biggest liability, not its most marketable asset.
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I got interested in decathlon because a coach that I had was a big fan of Bruce Jenner, and he just saw the ability in me - but when it came down to it, I knew my best chance at a college scholarship would be in track and field.
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In the end, there's something of the puritan work ethic about me that roles really must sustain me on an intellectual level.
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When God desires to destroy a thing, he entrusts its destruction to the thing itself. Every bad institution of this world ends by suicide.
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When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
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And also I think particularly as a female, you're taught to be defensive your whole life. You're taught not to be aggressive.
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You have considerable choice in how you end your fiction. For all stories, the basic rule is the same: Choose the type of ending that best suits what's gone before.
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When you model for a show, you get this real sense of adrenaline. It's difficult when the shoes are so high - that part's quite scary - but you just have to do it.
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Sir, your ideas are incorrect in every possible respect.
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Er, Tom, I hate to be the one to point this out, but your fix list is starting to resemble a feature list. You must be human or something.
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But, I was as helpless as a chess piece when I was lifted up by someone's hand And delivered from the corner my enemies had got me in But in all of my salvation I still felt imprisoned inside that holding cell that is myself
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I cannot get from the nature of the proposition to the individual logical operations!!! That is, I cannot bring out how far the proposition is the picture of the situation. I am almost inclined to give up all my efforts. --
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It is not by recognizing the want of courage in someone else that you acquire courage yourself..
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Our body is dependent on heaven and heaven on the Spirit.
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I love singing and I think I have a really nice voice, but I don't think I have an unbelievable singing voice. I think I have a great character voice.
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I am a product of nepotism. I don't think I would have had the profession that I'm in currently... if it wasn't for my dad.
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Bottom line: if you show a genuine interest in learning about how others became successful, you can open up a world of opportunities.
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I was in a profession that received a lot of media.
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I know all about cheating. I've had six very successful marriages.
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To be a teacher in the right sense is to be a learner. I am not a teacher, only a fellow student.
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Once you understand non-self, then the burden of life is gone. You'll be at peace with the world. When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness and we can truly be happy. Learn to let go without struggle, simply let go, to be just as you are - no holding on, no attachment, free.
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It is not an investment if it destroys the planet
