Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes
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The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.
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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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For me, seeing the target and not seeing the target doesn't make any difference.
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The biggest killer of people is food.
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I know that I've played a lot of comedic roles. It's a visual medium. When you get one role, you start to get cast in that role for awhile because that's what people have seen you do, and have hopefully seen you do it successfully.
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I've never been on a date.
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My father was an absolutely wonderful human being. From him I learned to always assume positive intent. Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent.
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I'm an all-or-nothing person.
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As I get older, I find that wearing bright colors cheers me up.
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I think people I'm close to find it absolutely crazy that I'm famous.
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You have to be a crazy guy and a little eccentric to be very successful.
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The core of my personality consists of many selves.
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There's very few dork movies made by dorks.
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Martin Luther King Jr., recognized bias when he saw it, knew what he was talking about.
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'Nil By Mouth' was a bit autobiographical, but as I always pointed out at the time, that's not my dad.
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I felt the pressure of imagination against the doors of my mind was so great that they were going to burst.
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I think the job of writing and literature is to encourage each one of us to believe that we're living in a story.
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Today's interpretations of religion are often backward and contradict the needs of civilization.
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The real problem is not the religion itself, but its insistence that the interpretation it offers of the world is the only valid interpretation.
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I love working with people and having them bring something to the table that I couldn't. I think one of my favourite artists to work with has been Kucka. She's Australian, too, and it's great working with her because we kind of have a very similar take on music, and we like a lot of the same stuff. We're not super-precious about ideas.
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When someone else’s happiness is your happiness, that is love.
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True ambition is not what we thought it was. True ambition is the profound desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God.
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The reality is that you are the spirit. The rest is a myth.
