Yamada Koun Quotes

Someone who wants to attain enlightenment must be brave. He must rush into the crowd of enemies with a dagger. In the practice of Zen, enemies are our delusive thoughts and passions.

Yamada Koun

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• I never race for records. The motivation to try to beat the record is not enough to continue. You have to enjoy it.

  

  Valentino Rossi
  • Enjoy
  • Race
  • motivation

• I was in San Francisco for 'Trauma' and then got back to town and got situated and started looking at things and passing on things. I think I was around for a month and a half, and there were other projects that were up, but it's all a waiting game. And then, 'The Vampire Diaries' came up, and I was really interested and read for it.

  

  Taylor Kinney
  • Up
  • Game
  • Waiting

• I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.

  

  Zubin Mehta
  • Hurt
  • Operation
  • Judaism

• I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.

  

  Paloma Picasso
  • Peace
  • Proud
  • Name

• The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Life
  • War
  • Tragedy

• There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Time
  • Truth
  • Remember

• I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.

  

  Yani Tseng
  • Dream
  • Beautiful
  • Wish

• I don't prepare for anything very well. I am not a good actor. I don't read scripts.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • Actor
  • Scripts
  • Prepare

• I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.

  

  Pat Paulsen
  • Song
  • Man
  • Dance

• It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.

  

  Barry Jenkins
  • New
  • New York
  • Flying

• The idea of having one ensemble do everything is what was on 'Sea Lion' and that's what I tried to make happen for 'Metals,' which is having five people in the room and all of us contributing equally to every arrangement and every song.

  

  Feist
  • People
  • Song
  • Sea

• A lot of young men are frustrated and looking for someone to blame.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Men
  • Looking
  • Blame

• It's harder, but we're still finding oil in Oklahoma today. The bar has been raised on startup companies, but it can still be done. Every regulation and every rule limits you, but, yes, it can still be done. That's the beauty of living in a free country and having the freedom to have an idea and become an entrepreneur.

  

  Harold Hamm
  • Country
  • Done
  • Today

• Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.

  

  Ragnar Frisch
  • Science
  • Planning
  • Economic

• Most people hoard their money - just keep it in the bank. Bitcoin will really take off when people start spending it, creating a velocity of money.

  

  Adam Draper
  • People
  • Money
  • Start

• The endless teen franchises that come out of Hollywood... more often than not, the central character doesn't have any discernible character traits. They're just the young, good-looking guy who goes on this journey. They're always played by fantastic young actors, but ultimately, they're not very interesting characters.

  

  Taron Egerton
  • Good
  • Character
  • Guy

• I continually acted up to get attention. My father gave me that, and once he left, I felt that I didn't have any.

  

  Natalie Cole
  • Up
  • Father
  • Me

• We know the climate is changing. We don't know if it will be really bad or nearly apocalyptic. Both are within the realm of possibility.

  

  Ramez Naam
  • Bad
  • Know
  • Changing

• From my earliest acquaintance with the science of political economy, it has been evident to my mind that capital was the product of labor, and that therefore, in its best analysis there could be no natural conflict between capital and labor.

  

  Leland Stanford
  • Mind
  • Science
  • Political

• Since this our first show, I think they'll see us sweat a lot.

  

  Keith Emerson Emerson, Lake & Palmer

• When people ask, "Is there any advice you'd give a young writer?," I say write short stories. They afford lots of failure. Pastiche is a great way to start.

  

  Ian Mcewan
  • People
  • Great
  • Failure

• There is no age, height, or weight requirement to skate. It is good exercise no matter what your age is. If you want to be competitive, most start young. But, I practice with many adult competitors.

  

  Nancy Kerrigan
  • Good
  • Age
  • Practice

• Someone who wants to attain enlightenment must be brave. He must rush into the crowd of enemies with a dagger. In the practice of Zen, enemies are our delusive thoughts and passions.

  

  Yamada Koun
  • Practice
  • Thoughts
  • Brave