Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes
Like small children you must have a very clean heart to accept, to absorb the beauty of peace that is within you and also the beauty of purity. Without purity, you cannot enjoy anything.
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There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes are an effective retribution for the crime committed is wrong.
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How can you go wrong with two people in love? If a good boy loves a good girl, good. If a good boy loves another good boy, good. And if a good girl loves the goodness in good boys and good girls, then all you have is more goodness, and goodness has nothing to do with sexual orientation.
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For me, seeing the target and not seeing the target doesn't make any difference.
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I do go into things thinking, 'Right. I'm going to enjoy this.'
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I don't listen to the radio too much, but usually I listen to Stanley Brothers and Ralph Stanley more than I do anybody!
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You gotta understand, you can't look at no pictures and look at the media and the critics and what they saying on no Internet.
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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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Palestinian terrorism has to be rejected and condemned, yes. But it should not be translated defacto into a policy of support for a really increasingly brutal repression, colonial settlements and a new wall.
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People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?
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I remember being a teenager and seeing Seymour Cassel across a crowded room and being incredibly star struck, and not having the courage to say, 'Hello.'
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Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.
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Maybe I'm a glutton for punishment, but I enjoy anything where you get to flex your acting muscles, you get to really go for it.
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Mine has been a concern for the people, a concern to maintain stability, a concern to get people working together racially, ethnically, rich and poor - all segments of the city.
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I originally passed on 'Girls' because I thought TV was evil.
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You may not be able to read a doctor's handwriting and prescription, but you'll notice his bills are neatly typewritten.
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Well - I was brought up as a Southern Baptist.
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Globalization is exposing new fault lines - between urban and rural communities, for example.
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Do you think it is only a little thing to possess a house from which lovely things can be seen?
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At different times in my life I met God from a different point of view.
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It seems to me that love, if it is fine, is essentially a discipline.
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You can't bank on the outcome.
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My interest in the theater led me to my first writing experience as an adult. My husband David wrote the music and lyrics and I wrote the book for a children's musical, 'Spacenapped' that was produced by a neighborhood theater in Brooklyn.
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We need to get serious about combating gang violence on Long Island, and the entire nation.
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Like small children you must have a very clean heart to accept, to absorb the beauty of peace that is within you and also the beauty of purity. Without purity, you cannot enjoy anything.
