Ajahn Chah Quotes
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There is no planning. On the night it is really great, it's euphoria and if it is not so great there is always tomorrow night. That was his attitude.
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I never left doo wop.
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My schedule is so crazy.
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The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother - and the public.
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It is vital that Iraq and the United States together send the clearest possible signal that those who commit acts of violence against American military forces and American civilians will not be rewarded with amnesty.
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When I'm not painting, I'm Oujia-boarding with my photos. I'll sort through my pictures, put them in different folders, and come back months later to one in particular and try to figure out why I took it.
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My mom watches really obscure stuff on IFC. She's a real comedy fan. She knows everything that's going on.
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I was a little nervous backstage. But I had this book, Gandhi. I just read his quotes, closed my eyes and focused my thoughts. Presently, this book is my prized possession.
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We have invented a new human right here - the right to return home after a war.
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Believing you're something that you're not excites the mind and the imagination. And it's hopeful.
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I tend to really duck down and make myself smaller than I already am.
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You never know when a moment and a few sincere words can have an impact on a life.
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It's not a movie, no private screening This method acting, well, I call that living
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The commentariat denounced Trump’s immigration policies, then quickly returned to saying he had no policies at all. It was as if JFK had said we were going to the moon and the entire media shouted back, 'Okay, but what’s your policy on going to the moon.'
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My grandparents were very well-educated people, but in the Jewish tradition. They knew everything about the Bible. And then they had to come to Brussels, to run away from Poland, because there was too much anti-Semitism. They lost everything they had.
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What is important for me is that people are liking my movies, I am liking my work, for which I am very happy.
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Where there is a sufficient social movement of self-reliant communities, there can be political change. There must be political change.
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Humanity is moving in a circle. The progress in mechanical things of the past hundred years has proceeded at the cost of losing many other things which perhaps were much more important for it.
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Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.
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Are there challenges? Absolutely. But in aggregate, this is a very strong and valuable company.
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If someone were to come from another planet and see the world through movies, they'd think that the world was populated by white men in their 30s who shoot a lot.
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When you begin to realize that your past does not necessarily dictate the outcome of your future, then you can release the hurt. It is impossible to inhale new air until you exhale the old.
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Sati is life. Whenever we don't have sati, when we are heedless, it's as if we are dead.
