Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes
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I wouldn't be where I am without Evolve.
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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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We each take up one virtual space per title... Virtual shelf life is forever. In a bookstore, you have anywhere from a few weeks to a few months to sell your title, and then it gets returned. This is a big waste of money, and no incentive at all for the bookseller to move the book.
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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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Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.
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I'd like to be Queen Elizabeth.
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We talk a lot about hope, helping, and teamwork. Our whole message is that we are more powerful together.
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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 I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.
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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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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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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 started out doing something little. I went to Africa to spend five weeks putting roofs on a building. I seen the small child that stepped on a land mine. Three months later, I'm back helping pull the land mines out. Little things just kept getting bigger and bigger and bigger.
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Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
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Before 'Mindhunter,' I was doing this show called 'Looking' on HBO.
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I'm taking better care of myself by eating healthy, exercising and doing my best to keep my stress level down as well as role modeling good habits for my kids.
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Spirit is the only truth within us, the rest is all untruth.
