Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes
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I really hate to write.
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I expect the Republicans will enjoy a large bounce out of their convention. They're here wrapping themselves in the 9/11 flag, which I think is inappropriate in many ways, but it's their choice.
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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
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The classic, 'Romeo and Juliet,' for me, is the iconic story of young love.
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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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Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd are really amazing, lovely people and really great comedic actors.
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Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized. There's always someone who doesn't like it.
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The Internet offers an interesting combination of advertising and community by participating in the community you can become an advertisement for yourself.
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I never thought of myself as a singer, like ever, ever, ever. It's hysterical that I sing.
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I always take a cashmere blanket, and I have pictures of my family in my passport holder.
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I eat the same breakfast and lunch every day, both at my desk. I employ no time-saving tricks at all.
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I have lived and slept in the same bed with English countesses and Prussian farm women... no woman has excited passions among women more than I have.
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We are all the same person trying to shake hands with our self.
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I think it's been hard for people to understand how Islam can be a good religion, and yet the Islamists are evil. Those of us who have had experience with Islam understand this, just as we understand the difference between snake handlers and people going to church on Sunday morning.
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In every decade rock and roll starts to get very serious and navel gazing and kind of self serious and every once and a while it kind of needs a kick in the pants.
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What the world is saying to us human beings is, 'Don't stick to the old ways, learn to think anew.' And that's what musicians do every day.
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Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.
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Everyone loves each other for the pilot. But once you start to do the show, you see everybody's true colors. If it's successful, people start to change, and then if it's not doing well, people start to change in other ways.
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My waist used to be tiny. I just saw a picture of Miley Cyrus with a little crop top and low pants, and I'm like, 'That was me growing up in Brazil!' I had the typical model body, but after babies, it changed. I look more like a woman.
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Don't leave me, even for an hour, because then the little drops of anguish will all run together, the smoke that roams looking for a home will drift into me, choking my lost heart.
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California as a nation or part of a larger West Coast nation, should other states join with California, would be a good influence on the rest of the United States.
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My own feminist revolution evolved slowly, and traveled the world with me. To this day I have no idea what dissident professor or librarian placed feminist tests on the bookshelves at the university library in Jeddah, but I found them there. They filled me with terror. I understood they were pulling at a thread that would unravel everything. Now that I am older, I can see that feeling terrified is how you recognize what you need. Terror encourages you to jump, even when you don't know if you will ever land.
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The enjoyment of life is only possible if we could get connected to the spirit.
