Adyashanti Quotes
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It's funny, I don't know where I would place myself in the literary landscape. I really just write the book that I would want to read. I put on the blinders, and I really - it is, for me, that simple.
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God may not play dice but he enjoys a good round of Trivial Pursuit every now and again.
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I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.
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I love literature deeply. I view books as sacred things, and in writing my story, I'm going to do my best to honor the form that has played such a huge part in shaping who I am.
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If you only write when the muse strikes, you won't get anything done. You have to write consistently, when your schedule says you should. And that's hard.
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Yancy is actually a Native-American name, but I'm Irish. Go figure.
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I write almost everything, actually. Songs, poems, stories. And stories out of every genre, too.
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Marlon was so sensitive, you thought the poor guy just had a bad education.
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'Crash' is a metaphor for what I see as the dehumanizing elements that are present in the world in which we live. We're distanced by the nature of the society we inhabit from a normal human reaction.
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I don't really care what other people see me as. I seriously don't. I've always worried about what my opinion of myself is. And I've always thought that it carries most weight. So I don't care what other people's opinion of me is or how they view whatever I've said or done.
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I really feel sorry for kids who aren't interested in history - recent history, either, because it is this that made us what we are.
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I would always contend that talent is an element, but over the long run, ultimately, a minor part of it all; it is mostly hard work.
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The goal can never be reached unless a man makes his mind strong, and firmly resolves that he must realise God in this very birth, nay, this very moment.
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Obsessed with tricking the girl, he had fallen into the trap he laid for her. Bitterly he recognised that he was always believing his own lies, caught in nets he had elaborately woven.
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It's not music you would use to get a girl into bed. If anything, you're going to frighten her off.
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A society can exist - many do exist - without writing, but no society can exist without reading.
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Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
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To the extent residency preferences prevent families and senior citizens from purchasing homes because of race, ethnicity or color, the preferences violate federal law and cannot be tolerated.
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Life was so short that it meant nothing at all unless it were continually reinforced by something that endured; unless the shadows of individual existence came and went against a background that held together.
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In very general terms 'Top Of The Lake' is about good and evil. It's a deep dark mystery. It also deals with lots of fascinating human relationships, and it's also about the battle of the sexes.
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People say to me, 'You make fantastic films' and I say, 'No, I make documentaries.'
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I use coconut oil every single day. I apply coconut oil on my whole body for moisturising. The oil can also be used as make-up remover, as it is light-based and is not sticky.
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Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.
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The Truth is the only thing you’ll ever run into that has no agenda.
