Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Almost all our suffering is the product of our thoughts. We spend nearly every moment of our lives lost in thought, and hostage to the character of those thoughts. You can break this spell, but it takes training just like it takes training to defend yourself against a physical assault.
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Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.
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Women can drive progress towards the central goals of mine action, which aims to increase security, rebuild communities, reclaim land and end the looming fear caused by explosive remnants of war.
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When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
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The first time you meet someone, the conversation is sort of on life support. You're just trying to live another moment in the life of the conversation.
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'Power' is a very special film for me and is one of the finest films of my career. I have played a character that I have never done before. My role has a lot of comedy.
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I don't think you should exploit your own pain.
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Sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you. It's real easy to fall.
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No one will understand a Japanese garden until you've walked through one, and you hear the crunch underfoot, and you smell it, and you experience it over time. Now there's no photograph or any movie that can give you that experience.
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Everything I do now is a first.
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Boxing traditionally was received very well and accepted on both sides.
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There's nothing wrong with being fired.
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I've got to confess I'm a pragmatic optimist myself.
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We have an idea that the man should help pay for the child. But we don't have a law that says a man has to support any woman he gets pregnant. Why is that? Because she doesn't have the baby yet. But if we're going to say it's a human being, then he should be supporting her during pregnancy.
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My music is the most 'me' thing about me. Everything is in my music.
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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When I'm working in the studio, I like to be on my own because I don't know where I'm going; I want to be completely free to spend lots of time on songs.
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Now, we occupy a lowly position, both in space and rank in comparison with the heavenly sphere, and the Almighty is Most High not in space, but with respect to absolute existence, greatness and power.
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Traditionally, songwriters can't sing. And that holds true in my case, also.
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The real test of compassion is not what we say in abstract discussions but how we conduct ourselves in daily life.
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The dark today leads into light tomorrow. There is no endless joy, and yet no endless sorrow.
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I know that in embarking on non-violence I shall be running what might be termed a mad risk. But the victories of truth have never been won without risks.
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After the bones mended, my left eye was smaller than my right, and my eyebrow never grew back. But you know what? Big deal. I think I became beautiful after the accident. I became kinder, more aware. I gained respect for other people.
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Meditation is waiting on God.
