Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes
The Spirit is like the steady axis of a wheel. If our attention reaches the immovable firm axis at the very centre of the wheel of our existence (which is constantly moving), we become enlightened by the Spirit, the source of inner peace, and reach a state of complete calm and self-knowledge.
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Society in the English countryside is still strangely, quaintly divided. If black comedy and a certain type of social commentary are what you want, I think English rural communities offer quite a lot of material.
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I'm old enough to remember the end of World War II. On Aug. 14, 1946, a year after the Japanese were defeated, most newspapers and magazines had single articles commemorating the end of the war.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.
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Working with Bruno Mars would be really awesome. I'm such a fan of his, and I love that he's a real artist.
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My professional dreams were coming true while I was living a personal nightmare.
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I want to be the defensive player to break the MVP barrier. I want to break barriers. I want to do things when people tell me I can't.
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My father went to work every day, and it's my job to go to work, too. Some days will be good, some won't be so good, but I have to go to work.
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I definitely have family on the brain.
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If the amount of hours spent on FarmVille were spent on actual farming, imagine what we could achieve.
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Today, the origin of 90% of all the edible food Gambians consume are from places they have never heard of.
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Since my illness, I've felt the presence of my angels.
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The first sentence of a book is a promise.
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I've never played a gay character on screen, so that would be interesting. I've never played a gay character, and that would fascinate me because I'm not gay, so that would interest me.
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I know everyone in the Philippines is happy.
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We must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.
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I have a love for boxing.
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Too often, when you are close to people in power, you're trying to make them happy; you're trying to tell them what they want to hear. But I find that really good leaders don't want that. They want the truth. And you do them a service, and yourself a service, by just being honest and straightforward.
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It's still scary every time I go back to the past. Each morning, my heart catches. When I get there, I remember how the light was, where the draft was coming from, what odors were in the air. When I write, I get all the weeping out.
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When the truth emerges, then we reconcile ourselves to truth and unity and in charity or in love.
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There can be no greatness in things. Things cannot be great. The only greatness is unselfish love.
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The Spirit is like the steady axis of a wheel. If our attention reaches the immovable firm axis at the very centre of the wheel of our existence (which is constantly moving), we become enlightened by the Spirit, the source of inner peace, and reach a state of complete calm and self-knowledge.
