Walpola Rahula Quotes

All great work artistic, poetic, intellectual or spiritual is produced at those moments when creators forget themselves altogether and are free from self-consciousness.

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• I'll always be back to the stage. I have no doubt that the stage will always call me back. There will always be a character that no one else can play, and I'll be back to play it.

  

  Tammy Blanchard
  • Character
  • Play
  • Doubt

• Conflict drives fiction; no one wants to read a four-hundred-page novel in which everything rolls along smoothly.

  

  Nancy Kress
  • Everything
  • Conflict
  • Wants

• I'm quite confident with the way that I look but you find something else to focus on don't you if, I mean I, I have body issues that's my thing so you find something to focus on when you're a perfectionist, I think.

  

  Natalie Imbruglia
  • Think
  • Focus
  • Body

• The important thing is to build up my cardiovascular system, so I have the stamina to do stunts. To me, stepping over the line, taking a chance and succeeding is the ultimate freedom, be it in rock and roll or when executing a really challenging routine.

  

  Wendy O. Williams
  • Up
  • Important
  • Freedom

• We are driven by providing technology to enterprise customers.

  

  Jack Dangermond
  • Technology
  • Driven

• Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.

  

  Saint Augustine
  • Success
  • Wish
  • Humility

• People have tried to corner the market on being offended, corner the market on language and corner the market on opinion. Should I lose my job 'cause I offended somebody? No, of course not. Your life should never be affected by public opinion.

  

  Patrice O'Neal
  • People
  • Life
  • Job

• I've danced my whole life. Martial arts is just fun for me, it's all choreographed a bit like dance. I have done Muay Thai and Wushu, which is cool because it's very fluid dance. I also do Tricking. It's kind of like Taekwondo with the big kicks and flips and showier aspects of martial arts.

  

  Caity Lotz
  • Life
  • Done
  • Fun

• As consumers, we are faced with hundreds of choices - and when it comes to books, thousands of choices.

  

  M. J. Rose
  • Choices
  • Books
  • Consumers

• Horror serves a cathartic role in human society, all throughout the world. It is a way of confronting the darkness, both within and without.

  

  Nancy A. Collins
  • World
  • Society
  • Darkness

• It is not the business of the botanist to eradicate the weeds. Enough for him if he can tell us just how fast they grow.

  

  C. Northcote Parkinson
  • Business

• I know the Americans are inherently disposed against us, but when they talk with us, they will see that I am not the kind of person who would shoot nuclear weapons to the south, over the Pacific or at the United States.

  

  Kim Jong-un

• I always believe a woman should have 5 non-negotiables that she should stick to when attracting a mate. If the guy does not have these five major things - then she should not give the guy a chance as she's wasting her time. The rest is up to the magic and wiggle room the universe gives.

  

  Patti Stanger
  • Up
  • Time
  • Believe

• People say I am the king of painful shoes.

  

  Christian Louboutin
  • People
  • King
  • Shoes

• The head coach is the chemist.

  

  Jeffrey Lurie

• I enjoy the reaction I get in the U.S.A. when people discover I have an English accent. They don't expect that, and it's kind of a kick.

  

  Marsha Thomason
  • People
  • English

• Facebook is about sharing experiences that you've had. Foursquare is more about the present tense and the future tense.

  

  Dennis Crowley
  • Future
  • Present

• I think, personally, nothing comes from violence other than more violence.

  

  Christopher Priest
  • Violence

• I grew up in Wahpeton, N.D., and I didn't leave until I was 18, and I've kept going back.

  

  Louise Erdrich
  • Up

• They'd seen enough, and they were worried.

  

  Paul Williams The Temptations
  • Enough
  • Worried
  • They

• Mom would say, 'Get out of the house,' and we would just go. We had all sorts of large swings and flying foxes and various death traps throughout the forest that we'd try and do our best to hurt ourselves on. It was a great childhood in terms of being creative, I think.

  

  Luke Hemsworth
  • Great
  • House
  • Death

• I started singing at age three - I opened my mouth some time, singing along to the radio, and my parents were like, 'Wow! You have a really great voice!'

  

  Rain Phoenix
  • Time
  • Great
  • Age

• The administration has obviously gotten the message that they need to be more forthcoming.

  

  Olympia Snowe
  • Message
  • Administration
  • Forthcoming

• All great work artistic, poetic, intellectual or spiritual is produced at those moments when creators forget themselves altogether and are free from self-consciousness.

  

  Walpola Rahula
  • Moments
  • Consciousness
  • Artistic