Andy Puddicombe Quotes
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In the Seventies, a lot of executions via electric chair failed because of technical problems. Seed tells the true story of someone who survived and sought revenge. They buried him alive to make it seem he was dead.
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My dad was a kind of semiprofessional Dixieland-type drummer, and I learned the drums from him. When I was about twelve, we bought our first Ludwig drum set from a pawnshop - a marching-band bass drum, great big tom-toms, and big, deep snare drums.
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It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning their windows were shut, they couldn't hear the barbarians coming.
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For me, to just have my own shoe is unbelievable. As a kid, you see Jordans and wonder what that feels like to have your own shoe, and the fact that I have one is really surreal.
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We've got a great value proposition against Chromebooks, we are not ceding the market to anyone.
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I had five children in six years. The day I brought my fifth baby home, that week, my daughter turned 6.
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I'm from a reserve. A reservation. So I know everybody. Everybody knows me.
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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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I get maximum satisfaction out of buying children's clothes online.
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When we think back at our youth, we always remember the feeling of freedom... that you actually believe in the world. Even if it goes well for you in life, you can never attain that freedom in your imagination of what you think life could be. We are tainted.
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I speak five languages besides mine. I went to school in Egypt because girls weren't allowed to go to school in Saudi Arabia. It's very restricting, especially for girls; we're not allowed to go anywhere.
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Reading changes your perspective and feeds your imagination.
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I don't believe in an afterlife, so I don't have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse.
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When we try to push the envelope, there are certain sectors of society that say this is a Zionist plot to sort of destabilize our country, or this is an American agenda.
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If you ask me who the members of the Rolling Stones or Led Zep or the Clash were, I'd be able to tell you every member. But I couldn't name a single member of Arctic Monkeys.
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In architecture the idea degenerated. Design allows a more direct and pleasurable route.
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When I was a kid, my dad used to take me out to the race track, and so many formative experiences have to do with associations like that.
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My secret vice is Sudoku puzzles. Can't stop playing them. My parents are accountants. I blame them entirely.
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It is not important to have said a thing first, or best - or even most interestingly. What is important is to say it on the right occasion.
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We've learned from experience that the truth will out.
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I think every guy that hits his 40s has a little bit of a wake-up call and wants to just keep things real, as they say, and just to push yourself.
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When it comes to meditation, though, the goal and the journey are the same thing.
