Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes
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I just wonder where I was when the talent was being given out, like George Benson, Kenny Burrell, Eric Clapton... oh, there's many more! I wouldn't want to be like them, you understand, but I'd like to be equal, if you will.
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Successful people maintain a positive focus in life no matter what is going on around them. They stay focused on their past successes rather than their past failures, and on the next action steps they need to take to get them closer to the fulfillment of their goals rather than all the other distractions that life presents to them.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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I play as I feel.
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The Gili Islands gave me some of my best scuba diving experiences, including tons of turtles.
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I used to work at NASA in Virginia. It was nothing glamorous; I was just tasked with making code compile for obscure projects, and I wasn't very good at it. Now I spend most of my time drawing pictures and looking at funny things on the Internet, which in retrospect is largely what I did at my old job, too.
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There are still 500,000 persons afflicted with leprosy in Latin America, so it is still very much present.
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Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time.
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I'm not hiding anything. What you see is what you get.
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For me, there's nothing better than curling up in my favorite blanket on a cloudy or rainy day and just knit. Especially in front of the fireplace.
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I plan on staying at Alabama for the rest of my career. I guarantee that I'll be here for you through it all, regardless of what happens.
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I was always playing the hard-bitten drunk.
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Some models are naturally very thin, but if they aren't naturally like that, then what these girls do to their health to fit in... To be a size zero or a two when you're tall is incredible to me.
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I think to try to understand human behavior and why people do what they do, and what in their lives have shaped them and impacted them to be who they are, it's something. I mean, that's my entire life.
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There was always Helmut Newton coffee table books around when I was growing up.
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I think Kellie Martin, Reese Witherspoon and Claire Danes represent the future for women in film, and I would be honored to share the stage with any one of them.
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To try to prey on athletes' livelihoods while one is going through a tough time is embarrassing to me.
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When the first American steps on the red dust of Mars, it's going to be because of computer scientists.
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As our economy advances, our government and our laws need to modernize, too.
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I can no longer walk in the street. That's over.
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I want to disabuse people of the idea that knowledge is power. Knowing how to get to Detroit is not the same thing as having the bus fare.
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America is woven of many strands. I would recognise them and let it so remain. Our fate is to become one, and yet many. This is not prophecy, but description.
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Whatever you have to have, try to have something which is handmade.
