Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes
Your own attention is important, not the attention of others or your attention on others.
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Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it.
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Winning is great, but being able to finish my last Olympic Games on American soil was very important. Even though I was injured, I didn't let my psyche get the best of me and cause me to doubt myself, so I was willing to pull every muscle in my body in '96 in order to get the job done and I came away with the bronze medal.
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I am a hopeless romantic and I love to spoil my girlfriends.
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Well, mostly I just want to be an actor. I love being an actor, and I don't want to be a spokesman for anything, I don't want to do anything crazy or fancy like that.
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One of the most important reasons for living is to do something - live outside of yourself and put together an idea, an idea that you want to explore and then complete... Awaken your creative sensitivities!
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Whenever you choose power over love, you will never find true happiness.
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What is important is to believe in something so strongly that you're never discouraged.
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I always love listening to Bob Dylan. 'Blood on the Tracks' is one of my favorite albums.
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When you're in theater or the circus or film - to me it's all one - affairs happen. People fall in love.
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Basically, I want that relationship where we have that love. I love her so much, and she loves me so much that it's just - you want that relationship where you look into the girl's eyes, and you know that she's everything you've ever wanted. When I find that, I'm going to get it!
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For me, it was very important to be part of a boxing film that actually explores the psychological aspects of the sport, more than just the physical aspects. I haven't seen boxing movies very often that really go so deep into the minds of the boxers. It really puts out how much it is about strategy and tactics and technique.
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I really wish that I would have gone to college. Even my son, who's into rap himself, I tell him and tell his children, 'Go to college. Get that education - it is so important. Don't do like I did.' I had all this singing on my mind, and I just didn't have time for it.
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Love is so holy, so confusing. It makes a man anxious, tormented. Love, how can I define it?
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What I look for in any book is an argument, based on evidence, that changes the way I think about something important.
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At 20 and 30, we are like travelers in a foreign country, reading the guide book to learn how to behave, to learn when the post office is open. Trivia looms important; critical issues fade into a pastel background, unrecognized.
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The advantage of love at first sight is that it delays a second sight.
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I have a study now - I used not to. I also love working in cafes; ignoring noise is good for concentration.
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I'm ready to be an action figure. I'd love that very much. And all the redheaded kids will get to go out and feel loved and be able to buy a redheaded action figure.
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When you receive God's love and encouragement, it will empower you to do more than you ever thought possible.
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Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.
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For anyone, the most important thing is to play good, to perform good, to score goals for your team.
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They wanted to jump on their own bandwagon. Bobby Charlton had never made it as a manager. Bobby Moore hadn't either. I think they never stopped trying to put me in the same category. That was the road they went down with me.
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Stress is the reason for crime and all other kinds of frustration. To relieve it will eliminate everything else.
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Your own attention is important, not the attention of others or your attention on others.
