D. T. Suzuki Quotes
Zen in it's essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's being, and it points the way from bondage to freedom.
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Between the ages of 24 and 27, I read Freud's complete works, everything that had been translated into English. It was very stimulating intellectually. But I did not accept his view of neurosis or of human nature.
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Besides black art, there is only automation and mechanization.
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Looking back, there is nothing wrong with that peace, love and equality that the hippies espoused. In many ways, we have regressed because they were into organic food, back to nature, make love not war, be good to all men, share and share alike - which is what many are talking about now.
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Eliza Factor's first novel, 'The Mercury Fountain,' explores what happens when a life driven by ideology confronts implacable truths of science and human nature. It also shows how leaders can inflict damage by neglecting the real needs of real people.
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Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.
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In a perfect world, there would be freedom of religion and freedom for all religions to exercise their religion everywhere.
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I work in the film business, where schmoozing is an art form, lunch hour lasts from 12:30 until 3, and every meeting takes an hour whether there's an hour's worth of business or not.
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Art is a mind-game that we do to make our lives easier. If it isn't for that, it becomes superfluous.
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The defense of marriage is the defense of freedom. Neither of which is obsolete.
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After studying art, I was a painter for a while and was asked to audition for a movie randomly. I hadn't thought of acting before that.
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A lot of politics in art is just institutional critique, which, in my opinion, is not all that political.
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Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.
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I don't know David Cameron very well. I like him. I think you can judge a book by its cover - whoever said you can't is wrong - that's the whole point of nature giving us intuition, instinct and so on. I think the cover is pretty good.
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There is freedom in forgiveness, and it's not that hard to do once you get into the habit.
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But the business side of it, as with most creative things, there is no room for business. It is about art. It's not about marketing.
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You can't just take an image and randomly distort it and call it art - although many people in La Jolla where I come from do precisely that.
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Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.
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America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
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Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
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Clearly independent journalists - domestic journalists - run a high risk if they dare to take on serious investigative work.
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We still have a strong commitment to our original mission, which is to protect and assist people who are suffering from the impact of violence, but the violence has changed its character, format, and pattern so that we are now responding year after year.
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Nevertheless, music will not acknowledge a context greater than itself-social, cultural, or biographical-to which it is conveniently subservient. To paraphrase Goethe's grandiose warning to the scientist: do not look behind the notes, they themselves are the doctrine.
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Zen in it's essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's being, and it points the way from bondage to freedom.
