Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes
If we do not know how to respect the Mother Earth, we do not know how to respect ourselves.
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You have got to pay attention, you have got to study and you have to do your homework. You have to score higher than everybody else. Otherwise, there is always somebody there waiting to take your place.
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The next step for me with the Up is how it talks with the rest of the home. It's an object that can tell the home where I am and what I'm doing.
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A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.
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I try to give the appearance that I have it all together and that I know what I'm talking about, but at the end of the day, I think I might be full of crap.
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All the evidence shows very clearly that if you are a member of a trade union you are likely to get better pay, more equal pay, better health and safety, more chance to get training, more chance to have conditions of work that help if you have caring responsibilities... the list goes on!
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I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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You cannot survive if you do not know the past.
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It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.
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I am a good, strong word giver; I am a jealous guard of my own secrets. Freedom is the rule; I am hungry for one good thing I can do.
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The very idea of marriage is basic to recognition as equals in our society; any status short of that is inferior, unjust, and unconstitutional.
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I felt like I had two fathers. I had my real father and the father in my head.
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Hockey is a unique sport in the sense that you need each and every guy helping each other and pulling in the same direction to be successful.
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Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.
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I spent many years of my life as an economist and demographer. I was finally distracted by writing my novels and poetry. I'm enormously happy that was the case. I feel that with writing I have found my metier.
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All I held against Jews was that so many Jews actually were hypocrites in their claim to be friends of the American black man.
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It's great fun to play with a really good band.
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Since the whole world is now concerned more about K-pop, I want to make more great songs which can be listed to as classics.
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I remember saying to my agent, "Listen, everybody's going out to Hollywood and making movies. I think I ought to go out there." And his advice to me was, "I wouldn't do that if I were you. If they want you in Hollywood, they'll send you." And sure enough, they did.
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We will never have total control over this extraordinary dimension. Time will warp and confuse and baffle and entertain however much we learn about its capacities. But the more we learn, the more we can shape it to our will and destiny. We can slow it down or speed it up. We can hold on to the past more securely and predict the future more accurately. Mental time-travel is one of the greatest gifts of the mind. It makes us human, and it makes us special.
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When I was born, that was the music my mother was listening to. Michael Jackson is a third parent to me.
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I'm sure mothers are important across every culture, but particularly in Korean society, the role of the mother is of great importance.
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If we do not know how to respect the Mother Earth, we do not know how to respect ourselves.
