Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes
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Almost all our suffering is the product of our thoughts. We spend nearly every moment of our lives lost in thought, and hostage to the character of those thoughts. You can break this spell, but it takes training just like it takes training to defend yourself against a physical assault.
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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Telugu audiences love cinema. They won't let a good film down, and they've proved this with the way they accepted 'Srimanthudu.'
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I was obsessed with the idea of going to college. And I took many years off after that, so I sort of missed the weird, crazy transition that was what making movies was in the nineties to what's happening now.
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When we assess the impact of technological changes, we tend to downplay things that happened a while ago.
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All rationalism tends to minimalise the value and the importance of life and to decrease the sum total of human happiness.
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Recreational shopping is the shortest distance between two points: you and broke.
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I've met the Dalai Lama briefly, but I would probably say my grandfather was the wisest person I ever met. He was my mother's father, an Indian, a family doctor, and very unlike me in that he was deeply religious.
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I was in bands, but they were punk bands, and you plug in the guitars, you turn them up really loud, you've got four or five other people on stage with you, you've got some protection from when they throw lighters. You can always hide behind the lead singer or the bass player.
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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I love America a lot. I really do.
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Not the fruit of experience, but experience itself, is the end.
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As a kid growing up, I wanted the Allen Iverson shoes that came out, the Questions. My dad got them for me, so I was excited about that.
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If you speak to anyone who's ever done time, the fact that you make it out of there alive is a miracle.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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I've read that the ancient Chinese art of feng shui can bring a sense of peace, well-being, and positive energy to a home - same as beer.
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God primes the pump of obligation.
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Natural gas is the best transportation fuel. It's better than gasoline or diesel. It's cleaner, it's cheaper, and it's domestic. Natural gas is 97 percent domestic fuel, North America.
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However, as our brave men and women continue to return from the battlefields of the War on Terror, Congress must respond by enacting policies that meet the evolving needs of the veterans community.
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Love for one's motherland is one of the most powerful and uplifting feelings. It manifested itself in full in the brotherly support to the people of Crimea and Sevastopol, when they resolutely decided to return home, this event will remain a very important epoch in domestic history forever.
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We adore chaos because we love to produce order.
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I love gross kissing. I think it's the most fun thing to do.
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The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.
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Spirit is the only truth within us, the rest is all untruth.
