Ayya Khema Quotes
Eventually we will find (mostly in retrospect, of course) that we can be very grateful to those people who have made life most difficult for us.
Quotes to Explore
-
It was a great opportunity that I had to take - my very own theater. That comes along once in a lifetime. It doesn't even seem like 15 years ago - time sure flies by. I've really had a lot of fun with it.
-
Quinoa is great for lazy day cooking because it's packed with complete proteins, but it cooks in only 20 minutes. And, you can flavor it any way you wish! I make mine with onions, lots of ground ginger, turmeric and coriander, and then whatever dried fruit and nuts I have around.
-
I don't really feel like I have to have a debate with my husband over issues.
-
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
-
One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
-
In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades.
-
When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
-
We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon and the Sequoias and the western coast.
-
I don't drink coffee.
-
Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
-
I did a gig at a comedy club in Bournemouth where they served a buffet while the acts were on. There was the clang of people carving turkey during the set. If you put comedy and turkey side by side, turkey always wins.
-
My mom told me if I ever got a tattoo, she was going to take it off with a potato peeler.
-
I was one of those girls in class who always had her hair in plaits, was always with the boys, always playing football in the street.
-
I need to do more on stage. I've got to get my fix!
-
The psychological trauma of losing a job can be as great as the trauma of a divorce.
-
I think about making a comeback every single day. I went running, I went training, did that for a few days. But my body couldn't handle it.
-
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
-
Everything starts from a dot.
-
You've got to be able to take the bad events with the good ones. You've got to learn to deal with them and learn to take as much as you can from those. Have fun and put as much as you can into it. As long as you've done your best, that's all you can do.
-
Did you know I started out as a stand-up comic? People don't believe me when I tell them. That's how I saw myself, in comedy.
-
Leaders inspire us because they bring out the best in us.
-
In some ways I think it would be very dignified if I went away for twenty years and then wrote my fourth book.
Curtis Sittenfeld -
In general, Americans are not very good at nation-building and not very good colonialists.
-
Eventually we will find (mostly in retrospect, of course) that we can be very grateful to those people who have made life most difficult for us.
