Anagarika Govinda Quotes
The faculty of continual transformation... is a profound expression of the dynamic character of the mind.
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I have to experience all the ghastly, bottomless depths for life for myself; it's for that reason that I went to war, and for that reason I volunteered.
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I do not believe in any legacy. The past is dead and gone.
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The most profound change that genetics brings about might not be scientific at all. It might be mental and even spiritual enrichment: a more expansive sense of who we humans are, existentially, and where we came from, and how we fit with other life on earth.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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If you're on a road trip, you need driving music.
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Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.
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When you are poor, you'll have to think of ways to be better off.
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Entrepreneurial Philanthropy is not just a philosophy or a dream. It is a promise that philanthropy is at its best when it is founded on entrepreneurial zest and agility.
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The flesh is the surface of the unknown.
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If you want, you can have a coffin made out of cardboard or wicker or papier mache. There's one like a seed pod, or you could buy one that doubles as both a bookcase and a coffin. During your life, you stand it in your living room, and then after you die, the books are taken out and your body put in their place and the whole thing buried.
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You're a hundred percent correct about our show being tops in quality.
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Endless effort, endless humility, endless modesty.
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A new bubble will replace the old one. A new technology will come along to fix the messes we made with the last one. In a way, that is the story of the settling of the Americas, the supposedly inexhaustible frontier to which Europeans escaped.
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The voice of the Holy Father was like a light.
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The perfect expression of receiving a lifetime award is to be working when they're handing it out.
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I do not want to respond to leaks that concern things that have to do with state secrets of the first degree.
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The GAO just released a report that said 22 percent of federal programs fail to meet their objectives. The truth is we don't know how taxpayer money is spent in Washington, D.C., which is why I think we ought to put every agency budget up on the Internet for everyone to see.
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Like everyone else, I want to go on dancing forever, but I know the day is going to come when I will have to be doing something else.
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We do not have that much to moan about when one thinks of what people did not moan about before.
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My theory is this; I'm not a political songwriter. I'm an honest songwriter.
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I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
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Before 'Music and Lyrics,' I was just doing high school plays and singing in my church choir and my school choir.
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The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does the reverse. . . . The nobler sort of man pays special attention to nine points. He is anxious to see clearly, to hear distinctly, to be kindly in his looks, respectful in his demeanor, conscientious in his speech, earnest in his affairs. When in doubt, he is careful to inquire; when in anger, he thinks of the consequences; when offered an opportunity for gain, he thinks only of his duty.
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The faculty of continual transformation... is a profound expression of the dynamic character of the mind.
