Ajahn Chah Quotes
Once you understand non-self, then the burden of life is gone. You'll be at peace with the world. When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness and we can truly be happy. Learn to let go without struggle, simply let go, to be just as you are - no holding on, no attachment, free.
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This is who I am: a flyspeck of human vanity in a trillion miles of stone-dead interstellar space; a graceless lump of flesh and fear in a remote desert where nearly everything that I can see or touch is designed to hurt me.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.
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One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.
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No adultery is bloodless.
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When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.
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I never had the chance to consider what or how I wanted to be.
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It's great when you have people who will speak passionately and honestly about what they are doing.
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Not everyone is lucky enough to be given space and trust.
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It's hard not to love everything Prada does.
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I make M-rated games for adults, you know, with guys wearing sunglasses at night and trench coats.
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My father was a trained accountant, a BCom from Sydenham College and a self-taught violinist. In the 1920s, when he was in his teens, he heard a great violinist, Jascha Heifetz, and he was so inspired listening to him that he bought himself a violin, and with a little help from an Italian teacher, he learned to play it.
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When I'm not working, I like to play golf.
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People are thrown off by someone who looks feminine, but is also strong. It's not that pretty girls aren't smart, it's that women aren't strong.
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Our mothers and fathers want change. They worked all of their lives, but today live in destitution.
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The fans make the person a star.
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'Rookie' is not your guide to Being a Teen. It is, quite simply, a bunch of writing and art we like and believe in.
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I hope I don't have a big ego. I try to keep that in check. But I am a prideful person, I will say.
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I like the idea that people have formed their own opinions. And of course once people meet me or talk to me their opinion totally changes because I'm much more that girl that you hang out with than you think.
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I believe in incentivizing people. If you can incentivize people in anything, whether it's in politics; in life; in spirituality; in business; just take care of folks. Incentivize them and all of a sudden it's amazing the difference that you'll see.
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Gary Cooper turned out to be the surprise of my young life. He was so convincing with his stuttering, stammering awkward little boy manners. When the action called for Dr. Wassell to kiss me, I got all set for a bashful boy kiss. Well, it was like holding a hand grenade and not being able to get rid of it! I was left breathless.
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'My Life' is soft, with notes of pear and gardenia, but still bold, with a woody base.
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Once you understand non-self, then the burden of life is gone. You'll be at peace with the world. When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness and we can truly be happy. Learn to let go without struggle, simply let go, to be just as you are - no holding on, no attachment, free.
