Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes
Spirit is like a mirror where you see yourself clearly and you start changing yourself.
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Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.
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Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion.
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Acting is in your soul.
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I'd like to be Queen Elizabeth.
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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.
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Common sense should tell us that there is no reason for civilians to have access to easily concealable handguns with the capability to shoot through body armor.
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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It may come as a surprise, but Frou Frou was really like a kind of little holiday from my own work. Guy and I, we have always worked together, and then over the years, it became clear that we wanted to do a whole album together. It was very organic and spontaneous - just one of those wonderful things that happens.
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It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.
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As a writer, I've always felt it's my job to be extremely careful when writing about victims, especially women.
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History teaches us, in no mistaken language, how often customs and practices, which were originated without lawful warrant, and opposed to the sound construction of the law, have come to overload and pervert it, as commentators on the text of Holy Scripture have established doctrines wholly at variance with its true spirit.
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I got my Equity card right out of NYU grad school in 2000, doing 'The Great White Hope' at Arena Stage. I played Jack Jefferson. It was an amazing part to walk into, to carry that responsibility for that amount of time. The challenges and the breadth of that role were pretty amazing.
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In 2001, I was being treated for breast cancer, and I was pretty sure I was going to recover.
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The best are the ones built without controversy, when the owner, the architect, and the builder work together.
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My best friend is my husband.
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My driver Kellie Frost and I would race these fellows home and they were always faster on the highway. We did the same with Daniel and his driver, and thus began a long series of jokes and competitions to alleviate the impossible hours and tensions this film provoked.
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I'd like to do a story about the medieval ages where in every scene you'd sort of feel that you were in the 12th century. That would be great to get that feeling.
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My grandma did opera singing for the better part of her life; she used to sing all over the place. My grandpa was a sax player, and he used to travel all over the place, too.
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Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.
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Spirit is like a mirror where you see yourself clearly and you start changing yourself.
