Ajahn Chah Quotes
Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things. We do it, not with desire, but with letting go. If you want anything, you wont find it.
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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
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Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture.
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Running back was always my favorite position.
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I think democracy is on the decline in the West. Ruling parties are the same: neo-liberalism at home and wars abroad.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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I eat the same breakfast and lunch every day, both at my desk. I employ no time-saving tricks at all.
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What I love about Tadashi is that he isn't a designer that designs only for a double-zero. He designs for double-Ds, you know? Women of all shapes and sizes can wear him.
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I feel like we can't pick who we fall in love with because if we could, we would all make better choices. Your heart just falls where it falls.
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The principle of Sturgeon's Razor states that the simplest answer to any problem is 90% crap.
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At the end of the day, the government, local government all bow to public pressure.
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I don't sit there and speculate. I'm not that sort of person. It wastes time, actually.
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My parents' convictions, when it came to discipline, were not very strong. For my bar mitzvah, I gave out a mix tape of '90s grunge - if you got it now, you would think it was the 'Singles' soundtrack.
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I feel lucky that I got to work with some of the big legends in town.
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God doesn't make mistakes. So if I'm supposed to die, there's a very good reason for it. I'm not going to question him. I'm just going to enjoy all these beautiful things that God created.
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Stilicidi casus lapidem cavat.
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Pop music - deriving from the word 'popular' - for me, it's just great to be a part of music that reaches a large amount of people and not just a small amount of people.
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Before she was a King, my mother was a peace advocate, a courageous leader, and an accomplished artist.
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Actors are dumb when they get insecure of their co-stars. A lot of actors do. When there is a good actor, they're like, 'Oh, he's eating up the part.' That's stupid.
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I walk away from jobs generally feeling good about it and that I've done a good job. And it's always slightly deflating when I see the film thing because it's still me up there.
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Although both sides of my family were religious, I was never forced to practice the Jewish faith. I did not really rebel against it, but then, as today, I disliked organized religion. I have a strange inhibition about praying with others.
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Remember to be awesome.
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I have become a bit obsessed with eyebrows. I used to never have any, and then I realised big eyebrows are good, and now I'm an eyebrow fiend. Everyone comes to me to get their eyebrows done.
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After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
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Remember you dont meditate to get anything, but to get rid of things. We do it, not with desire, but with letting go. If you want anything, you wont find it.
