Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes
First of all, learn to laugh at yourself. That's the best way to enjoy yourself, you know, and not to spend much time in the mirror, that's another way.
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I devoted my career to building an affinity with my fans who have supported me unflinchingly and no barbed wire fence or prison wall will stop that.
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I can't get my knickers in a twist about my age and ageing in an industry that caters to the ids of 14-year-olds.
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What I look at with each vote is that priority of whether it's good for the middle class or not.
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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
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You know, I'm kind of a wild crazy workaholic guy.
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A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised to heal.
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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Nothing can make you more humble than pain.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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After a long day, my favorite way to unwind is by going running. Not exactly the most relaxing activity, granted, but I always imagine I'm sweating out all the things weighing on my mind.
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I had a wonderful mother who wanted my sister and me to have everything, even though money was a very prominent thing we didn't have. But we had a very happy childhood - pretty much ideal, in fact.
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I'd never kill myself for a man. I wouldn't do it for anybody.
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I never accepted Communist dogma or theory.
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I know when I go and see a writer, the first thing I think to myself is, 'Are they the character in the book?' You just can't help it; it's the way people are.
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When a great artist gets my attention, I pursue it. If I don't, someone else will, you know what I'm saying?
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Clothes are designed for the media, because it's a great show.
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I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
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People prefer doing films. That is not the case with me. I don't do theatre because I have to but because it makes me feel alive. I enjoy the whole process of rehearsing, though repetition can make it tedious.
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My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline.
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Our elders are always optimistic in their views of the present, pessimistic in their views of the future; youth is pessimistic toward the present and gloriously hopeful for the future. And it is this hope which is the lever of progress-one might say, the only lever of progress.
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It will be hard to find a parallel in history in which unarmed people have represented the urge for freedom, turning their armlessness into the central means for deliverance.
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Jesus has been in my room. He has taken my hand and told me, No, Not now. I have other things for you to do.
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First of all, learn to laugh at yourself. That's the best way to enjoy yourself, you know, and not to spend much time in the mirror, that's another way.
