Ajahn Brahm Quotes
Understand the place of love in a spiritual life. A powerful and blissful type of love has no conditions, no ownership and no people involved. Be free from fear. Be who you are. That is love.
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I think that I could be an example to young people, and they know that dreams come true.
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There are a lot of things that I have not shared that I will never share. I do have a personal private life.
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I've been searching for ways to heal myself, and I've found that kindness is the best way.
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Are we going to solve the issue of poverty? Absolutely not. Are we going to have an impact? I'm committed to it, and if we don't, I'll have no regrets because we're going to try everything we can.
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I plan to go to university - but for sure, acting is what I want to do. It's a hard business, but I believe in my heart that I'll be doing it for a very long time.
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I want to make music that I like; not something that I have to make because I think it's going to sell.
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I'll keep doing my training and I'm sure the goals will come.
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Giving a phenomenon a label does not explain it.
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My father taught me many important giving lessons, but two stand out. First, always give as much as you possibly can. And second, give equally from among your resources - your time, your mind and your capital. These are principles I live by.
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When I found this opportunity to answer the ad, I got the job and I've been there ever since.
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I think that, a lot of times in Hollywood pictures, the reality, the messy reality of women's lives - it's avoided, because I think people are just afraid of it. There's a standard that women are set to, to try to keep everybody comfortable.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other on the guitars. It seemed the more everyone drank and ate, the more everyone got into it.
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In my humble opinion, change is stupid.
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I've never thought in terms of 'men do this' and 'women do that.'
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It's my luck to be at the frontier of what looks to be a resurrection of roots music on the international scene. That's really what reggae music is about: that voice against oppression and struggle.
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I'm only seeing tennis balls these days. And maybe the occasional fashion sketch.
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The ability to convince people of the wackiest notions - and both parties can do it - it's part of the dumbing down of America that's really highly problematic.
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The I of the basic word I-Thou is different from that of the basic word I-It.
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What I am going to tell you is this: Although it is commonly believed that the War on Terrorism is a noble effort to defend freedom, in reality, it has little to do with terrorism and even less to do with the defense of freedom.
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When you see a country take care of its people regardless of class, or how much money they make, or what color they are, that's pretty inspiring.
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'Do not track' probably won't spell doom for online advertisers. But it will put the burden on them to explain to consumers what targeted advertising is and why it's good for them. They'll have to come out of the shadows; they'll have to be honest with people. What a radical concept. I'm all for it.
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Understand the place of love in a spiritual life. A powerful and blissful type of love has no conditions, no ownership and no people involved. Be free from fear. Be who you are. That is love.
