Ajahn Brahm Quotes
How many times have you tried to solve “the problem”? you’ll be trying to solve it not just until you die but for many more lifetimes. Instead, understand that this world is just the play of the senses. It’s the five khandhas doing their thing; it has nothing to do with you. It’s just people being people, the world being the world.
Quotes to Explore
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After all, film is so porous, and to my mind, so oddly occult, that I think that film itself absorbs odd energies like a living skin.
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'Sister Act' was my first audition out of school. I was 21 and cast as the understudy. It was non-Equity, so I lived in L.A. on $300 a week. I did that for a month and then came to New York to do a couple of gigs, including 'Hair' in the park, before going to London with 'Sister Act,' where I played the lead.
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None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
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A company is not accountable just to its owners, but to its workers and its customers.
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When people are nervous, some people move around. Some people scratch their leg.
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Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.
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When I was a kid, I wanted to be a baseball player.
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This is how psychiatry has functioned-as a kind of property arm of the government, who can put you away if your husband doesn't like you.
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The secret of being a great actor is a love of food.
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Boys never liked me at school. They made fun of me 'cos I had dark skin.
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I get a feeling about where a teammate is going to be. A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
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Whenever you move, I think you lose your history.
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I'm a huge fan of good, procedural-type shows on television... there are a lot of roles for women. But there aren't a lot of great network television roles for girls that will let you start a character in one place and finish up with her in a totally different one.
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Saying you want to be a model when you grow up is akin to saying you want to win the Powerball when you grow up. It's awesome, and it's out of your control, and it's not a career path.
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It's not uncommon in South Korea for a building to not have a women's bathroom.
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I've done a little directing, but I love acting more.
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I don't think I do look like an A-Lister. I'm more interested in being comfortable in my own skin than trying to be somebody I'm not. Gimme jeans, an old T-shirt, cowboy boots and a baseball cap any day.
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Remember that an answer to a difficulty resides at a higher level than our usual thinking, so seek this loftier level.
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I always cringe when people tell me they don't eat breakfast, as though that's a good thing. Eek! You have to start the day off with something in your stomach to get your metabolism active. Also, the mental game of 'holding out,' not eating for as long as possible, at least for me, was a really unhealthy mental place.
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I think that's the key to any artistic endeavor: You want it to feel fresh and not have people look at it like it's re-creation of something else unless it's done in a really strong way.
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It has always been my belief that people are remembered for the sum of their accomplishments but defined by their singular failure.
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There is no secret. It is all about doing the same things time and time again. It is all about doing the best every day.
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How many times have you tried to solve “the problem”? you’ll be trying to solve it not just until you die but for many more lifetimes. Instead, understand that this world is just the play of the senses. It’s the five khandhas doing their thing; it has nothing to do with you. It’s just people being people, the world being the world.
