Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes
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When I was around 12, my heroes were Cindy Sherman and Bob Dylan and Samuel Westing from the kids' novel 'The Westing Game'.
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The reason I did the book about holidays is that you're a different person on holiday. You're sleeping somewhere unfamiliar, knocking about with people you've never met and for 10 days you're someone else. You're out of your comfortable zone.
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The personal ego already has a strong element of dysfunction, but the collective ego is, frequently, even more dysfunctional, to the point of absolute insanity.
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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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If your mom is still around, you're so lucky.
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I want any kid who listens to my music to see that I am confident with all elements of my personality that I can't change.
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Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.
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I am going to keep having fun every day I have left, because there is no other way of life. You just have to decide whether you are a Tigger or an Eeyore.
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I must have been 3 years old or less, and I remember paging through these comics, trying to figure out the stories. I couldn't read the words, so I made up my own stories.
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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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An early-rising man is a good spouse but a bad husband.
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Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.
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I know everyone in the Philippines is happy.
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I would never be able to spend all my life in a busy city like Mumbai.
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I made the decision to end business relationships with the Trump Organization simply because it was the right thing to do. No one approached me, asked me or pressured me to take this action.
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I'm not really massively into going out. I'm much more of a hibernator. It's nice to have people come to your house or go to someone's house, I think.
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It was instilled in me that the money I was given was not to be lost or spent on any other purpose.
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I like the timeframe involved in being an actor.
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God is not just, God is not kind, God is not merciful, and understanding that is essential to true devotion.
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We want full-scale normalisation of relations [with Japan].
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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If you could stop reflecting, immediately you establish yourself in the ocean of peace.
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Benevolence means whatever is good for your Spirit.
