Walpola Rahula Quotes
It is always a question of knowing and seeing, and not that of believing. The teaching of the Buddha is qualified as ehi-passika, inviting you to 'come and see', but not to come and believe.
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I realize we're not promised tomorrow. Believe me, I realize that. But if God blesses me and lets me stay, I love my life so much, it is such a good life. I am eager to throw myself at His feet, but I don't want to get on the first busload that is going.
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My mail address is open for anyone, and I read all my mails by myself.
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I won't join another band again.
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In my state, over 17,000 households are going hungry on a regular basis.
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For man also, in health and sickness, is not just the sum of his organs, but is indeed a human organism.
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Starring in a science-fiction film doesn't mean you have to act science fiction.
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I will run against anybody.
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I have an interest in languages and make an effort to learn.
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Spain and the United States share the same values of democracy, liberty and fundamental freedoms.
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I definitely don't think of myself as being an influence.
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I think there should be a good balance between being a good student and being able to enjoy your high school life.
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I really enjoy my philanthropic work, traveling around the world and helping people in need. That's a lot of fun for me. It's really rewarding. You're helping people, but it's helping you, too. It puts life in perspective when you come back and you say, 'Man, it's raining again in Minnesota.'
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The cynicism that you have is not your real soul.
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We like to crystallize something in the audience's brain that makes them say, 'Hey I really want to watch that. I'm really interested in it.'
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When I had bone cancer, I was just 11 years old. I think my parents suffered a lot because they worried about my health, my life, so much. For me, it was quite bad feeling during the treatment. But I quite enjoyed staying in the hospital because so many kids played with me.
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It turns out, by the way, that oil rigs today generally don't cause spills. They are technologically very advanced.
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How tell what remains ? But it’s the end. Or have I been dreaming, am I dreaming? No no, none of that, for dream is nothing, a joke, and significant what is worse.
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I don't understand the ones that have no sense of hope and invest in hate. That's not gonna work out, you know? It's a waste of your time!
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In an environment without public platform nor protection, the individual is the most powerful and most responsible.
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No suspicion of foul play at this time.
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I believe that any type of education can be great, but an education about ourselves can create something wonderful. I am a comedian, but people have called me a motivational speaker. I don't really consider myself that at all.
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The only way to quieten me is to invite me to a tennis match.
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The horror of knowing someone and living with them and even thinking you're lucky and then wham and now you know that every person is really two people and how can you ever know what the other half is up to.
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It is always a question of knowing and seeing, and not that of believing. The teaching of the Buddha is qualified as ehi-passika, inviting you to 'come and see', but not to come and believe.
