Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes
The beauty of self realization lies in secretly working out within you everything that is virtuous, that is beautiful, that is joyful.
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I guess I have a talent for humiliation, a place within me that experience can't reach, which is terrible in real life but something that comes in handy in writing. It seems as though humiliation has become a career for me.
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The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren't even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone; the terrorist is killed along with his victims, his blood mixing with theirs.
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Reducing debt through budgetary consolidation is essential to restoring Europe's financial health.
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I think I've been really good at surrounding myself with really talented people. I've picked the right coattails to ride on.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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A good stand-up, you lead the audience. You don't kowtow to the audience. Sometimes the audience is wrong. I always think the audience is wrong.
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You'll be fooled if you only get your hip-hop from the mainstream, you know. The things that move people are not just found in the mainstream cultures. And when we talk about hip-hop in general, hip-hop's basically preoccupied with life.
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It's more important than ever for America to rededicate itself to manufacturing at home. When we make more products in America, more American families will make it.
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Oh God, my choice of film has never depended on the hero. In fact, you will see that some of my categorical mistakes had nothing to do with the hero in it.
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We can only restore faith in government if the state itself becomes an efficient, effective and transparent ally of the people. Bureaucratic inefficiencies, abuses of power and the misappropriation of public funds must end.
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I can't go into a mob scene and sense the mood and the attitude of the crowd. I can't conduct man-on-the-street interviews or even get reactions that I can be sure are honest, because they know who I am.
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No matter where you are on the political spectrum, libraries make sense. It's such a small investment. Every dollar supporting a library system returns five dollars to the community.
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I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.
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History should belong to all of us, and it needs to include people from different cultural backgrounds. Otherwise, it risks becoming irrelevant to children, who could then become disenchanted with education.
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I'm an emotional person.
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It feels nice to be loved, but let me tell you there are 10 times more better looking, stylish and talented guys than me. So there's no solid reason for me to be proud! I don't think I have done anything extraordinary to change people's lives.
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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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More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for other's well-being, is source of happiness.
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Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.
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Being 15, I feel like people want me to go down the Justin Bieber, Cody Simpson sort of genre.
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I started writing plays in around 1967, and at a certain point, I thought, 'I'm writing plays, I should learn about acting and what it is.' So I went to the HB Studio in New York, and I was there for about nine months.
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Capitalism cannot reform itself; it is doomed to self-destruction.
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Round numbers are always false.
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The beauty of self realization lies in secretly working out within you everything that is virtuous, that is beautiful, that is joyful.
