Akong Rinpoche Quotes
Strive always to be as kind, gentle and caring as possible towards all forms of sentient life.
Quotes to Explore
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Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.
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I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the high: they're the most musically dynamic and exciting band to have poured tune into my lug holes live since Bellowhead.
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And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.
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I had to learn to not be so hard. And I had a wife and, at that time, a partner when Samori was born, and for most of Samori's life, a partner, who, for whatever reason, did not have to learn that and was very tender and very, very soft with him.
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Life is like an analogy.
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Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life.
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Oftentimes, people stay where they are in life simply because of fear. But do you know that fear isn't reality? It's only a thought in your mind.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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I'm not embarrassed about who I am. I'm not apologetic.
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Self-confidence has always been one of my good qualities. I am always very confident. It is in my nature to be confident, to be aggressive. And it applies in my batting as well as wicketkeeping.
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I just love a challenge, and always have, and will do anything to make it interesting. I'll try anything, really, as long as it's a challenge and you can have some fun doing it.
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The strength of British theatre should be that these actors in their middle years know what they're doing and are good at it. Not rich, not famous, but making a living.
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I would rather be the tail of a lion than the head of a mouse.
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I appreciate a lot in this life; the things you cannot buy. Life is only once.
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There is no such thing as women's intuition. You all just have crap poker faces.
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I am so romantic about Gypsies. They're not allowed to do anything until they get married. So they all get married really young, at sixteen.
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On the radio there's only a certain amount of artists: Jay-Z, Beyonce, Kanye, T-Pain, Lil Wayne, T.I., Mary J Blige, Alicia Keys. Other artists are achieving things that are really special, they have a hard time getting people's attention. Music has been just a little bit lacklustre.
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Confidence is one of the sexiest things in guys and girls.
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You can't say for certain what will happen to the weather in the long term.
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When we run out of them upstairs, I've been known to appropriate some from our greenroom, pocketing a few with one hand as I smile and greet our guests with the other. One time, Dave Zinczenko of 'Eat this, Not That!' fame, busted me in the act. The cookies apparently fall in the 'not that' category. I made a note of it.
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I paint not the things I see but the feelings they arouse in me.
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I can't sing half as well as Claudia Lennear. Hats off to her, but somehow, things happened for me.
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Luckily, it's one of my favorite movies [Night Of The Living Dead]. I never get tired of watching it.
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Strive always to be as kind, gentle and caring as possible towards all forms of sentient life.
