Amrit Desai Quotes
Problems are gateways to growth. If you deny or ignore them, you will miss the hidden messages within them. Breathe. Approach everything with softness. Relax. Be here now.
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It takes two years on the stage for an actor or an actress to learn how to speak correctly and to manage his voice properly, and it takes about ten years to master the subtle art of being able to hold one's audience.
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I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.
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I kind of wanna be pro basketball, pro skateboarder.
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
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I certainly have a pretty settled pattern at this point of what I do substantively in terms of reviewing briefs, record materials, cases, etc.
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I couldn't hit an elephant's ass with a bull fiddle.
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My mom and I are very close.
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Brokenness is the operative issue of our time - broken souls, broken hearts, broken places.
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I don't read as much as people may expect. In fact, sometimes I feel that I should probably read more, but then I do believe that one of the big problems of our times is that there's too much reading and not enough thinking.
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I grew up thinking that I would become a fighter pilot and was fascinated by aircrafts as I had grown up around that. But my father encouraged me to not become an Air Force person, given the varied interests I had, be it books, movies, sports or fighter flying.
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The 'open' mind of the poet and artist can sense realities beyond the reach of our normal senses. The real problem is that our materialistic assumptions have a number of false premises built into them: it is only when we recognize this that we see there is no sharp dividing line between the everyday world and the invisible world of the clairvoyant.
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I am actually a very gentle person.
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The Internet was a saving grace for promoting and exposing, and even creating. It's a parallel world to the music industry that already exists, and I'm glad to be a part of it.
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Oh heck yeah, I totally would love to have a Phantom Dennis in real life.
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I have never been bewildered for long in any fight with our enemies - I was Armed with Insight.
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My mother has often said that the issue of women is the unfinished business of the 21st century. That is certainly true. But so, too, are the issues of LGBTQ rights the unfinished business of the 21st century.
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That white uniform was her 'pass' to get into white places with us - the grocery store, the state fair, the movies. Even though this was the 70s and the segregation laws had changed, the 'rules' had not.
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You can take care of yourself, and God helps those who help themselves.
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I'm not going to be murdered," Harry said out loud. "That's the spirit, dear," said his mirror sleepily.
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Eternity is a child playing, playing checkers; the kingdom belongs to a child.
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As applied to substance abuse, the cognitive approach helps individuals to come to grips with the problems leading to emotional distress and to gain a broader perspective on their reliance on drugs for pleasure and/or relief from discomfort.
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I don't think it should be allowed for people to start working at a young age and not take the time to just be living as themselves in the real world, especially now in this new age of new media and the obsession with celebrity. I think it's a real crime.
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Problems are gateways to growth. If you deny or ignore them, you will miss the hidden messages within them. Breathe. Approach everything with softness. Relax. Be here now.
