Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes
You cannot intellectualize God, you cannot, He is beyond your intellect, you cannot understand Him through your intellect. If you have to understand Him you have to become the spirit.
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I love being in the editing room and playing with tempo and with the rhythm of shots.
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Love can never be fully explained.
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I'm just in love with Burberry. Always have been, always will be.
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I think that ballet is very good for the body. It's very similar to yoga, because you have to hold a position.
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One could surely argue that the Buddhist tradition, taken as a whole, represents the richest source of contemplative wisdom that any civilization has produced.
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I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with.
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I love to watch 'Chopped,' 'Jeopardy,' and 'Breaking Bad.' You can't pass up that one. Oh! One other show I love to watch is 'Suburgatory.'
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I would like to spend Christmas in different countries all over the world. I love seeing how different cultures celebrate the holidays in their own unique ways.
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London is the financial capital of Europe, a great platform to America and Asia. I love the fact that in British culture you can be whoever you want, and people don't even look at you. I don't feel that in Paris or Milan.
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If your writing collides with the conventional wisdom, there's going to be some kind of friction.
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Love is the funeral of hearts.
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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I prefer to unwind by DJing. I learned that from Mike D from the Beastie Boys. After a show, he would DJ. Once I saw that, I wanted to do that. And now DJing is like my lifeline. I love the power it represents.
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Yoga is the one L.A. thing I actually like.
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I love writing two narratives! I think concurrent storylines are my favorite way to write a book.
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Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.
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I follow the Patriots, but the Steelers were my first and true love. I still have a 'Terrible Towel.'
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Sometimes I am happy and sometimes not. I am, after all, a human being, you know. And I am glad that we are sometimes happy and sometimes not. You get your wisdom working by having different emotions.
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The absolute worst part of being depressed is the food. A person's relationship with food is one of their most important relationships. I don't think your relationship with your parents is that important. Some people never know their parents. I don't think your relationship with your friends are important. But your relationship with air-that's key. You can't break up with air. You're kind of stuck together. Only slightly less crucial is water. And then food. You can't be dropping food to hang with someone else. You need to strike up an agreement with it.
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My father was a management genius. But what I really wanted was a dad.
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Workaholics are addicted to activity; super achievers are committed to results.
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You cannot intellectualize God, you cannot, He is beyond your intellect, you cannot understand Him through your intellect. If you have to understand Him you have to become the spirit.
