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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We were not allowed to say, Screw, but we could say, Hump the hostess, because hump is in Shakespeare.
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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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Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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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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Life is the dance between what you desire most, and what you fear most
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I was interned in Auschwitz for one year. I didn't bring back anything, except for a few jokes, and that filled me with shame. Then again, I didn't know what to do with this fresh experience. For this experience was no literary awakening, no occasion for professional or artistic introspection.
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If you're a writer, you just keep following the path - keep going deeper and deeper into the things that interest you.
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Reasons for anxiety will never be lacking, whether born of prosperity or of wretchedness; life pushes on in a succession of engrossments. We shall always pray for leisure.
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The reality is that you are the spirit. The rest is a myth.