Andy Puddicombe Quotes
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What is art? Art talks about life; it's subversive.
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You don't stay married for thirty-nine years because of sex or even because of love, but because your partner is a real friend to you, because they respect and regard you.
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I have written a lot about the fine arts, but I'd never written about the literary arts, and so on some level Dante really, you know, spoke to me, as new ground but also familiar ground.
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What is Norah Jones' style? Is it just the albums that we've heard? She has a rock group where she plays guitar in, downtown in New York, so do we really know her style?
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Most artists, their 60th show was in front of no one. My first show was in front of 1,200 people.
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Our Bollywood stars who talk of being part of 100 crore films, I think I belong to the 1,000 crore club.
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During my second draft pass on my last book I made 20,000 words happen in a week, which is practically supernatural for me, and it would never have been possible without three nights in a hotel in my own city.
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Your ability to shape your future depends on how well you communicate where you want to be when you get there. When ideas are communicated effectively, people follow and change.
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The senior members of the royal family work very hard and I don't think people quite realise that.
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I have made 'start, grow and stay' a big part of my administration.
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A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.
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It's very disincentivizing to have others take care of your needs.
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I have always been grateful to Colonel Longley. He proved to me that when people in authority take a stand, good can come out of it.
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Few things are as essential as education.
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Nobody is impervious to misfortune.
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I had short hair for a while, but I ended up loving it.
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I absolutely have not spoken to Marvel. It doesn't mean that my team hasn't spoken to Marvel.
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Most of my lyrics are little stories about my experiences or those of my friends.
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Heaven is long-enduring, and earth continues long. The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves.
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I had no work after 'Gangster' for two years, and my sister Rangoli met with an accident that destroyed her looks. My struggle with my parents combined with the industry not accepting me made me feel alienated.
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Personally, I don't wear fur.
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In my opinion, right up there with free public schools, our free public library system is what makes citizenship possible, even what makes America great.
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Because it proves that you don't need much to change the entire world for the better. You can start with the most ordinary ingredients. You can start with the world you've got.
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We spend so little time in the present moment that it's anything but ordinary.
