Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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I suppose I have played a lot of put-upon women, but it's never bothered me. They've never been weak – they've always got steel in them.
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I often feel that life is about to begin, only to realize it is almost over.
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I'm not really worried about what Anthony Johnson does. I have to worry about what I do to prepare myself.
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I am so fortunate to know people who have believed in me and been there for me in my very best and worst moments.
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Despite the often illusory nature of essays on the psychology of a nation, it seems to me there is something revealing in the insistence with which a people will question itself during certain periods of its growth.
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I wanted to be part of pop culture, so I started songwriting, and I got signed to my first record deal.
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My brother was going to go to England to wrestle, but then we found out they were opening a wrestling school in Bray, County Wicklow. I thought, 'I'll go along and try that.'
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I think that on the whole man would be living a more natural life if he were a vegetarian.
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Reality is harsh to the feet of shadows.
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The smell of opium is the least stupid smell in the world.
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It began to be borne in upon Lord Ickenham that in planning to appeal to the Duke’s better feelings he had omitted to take into his calculations the fact that he might not have any.
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Theater is very much the world I'd like to get back to, particularly in New York, both as an actor and director.
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With the newspapers cheering, Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt chose a top-notch regiment of more than 1,250 men. They were first called Teddy's Texas Tarantulas and went through three or four other monikers until Roosevelt's Rough Riders stuck.
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Man I mean, the great thing about playing clubs in Harlem is people have an appreciation not just for the music but for the history of the music.
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You have to get an individual who's willing to actually struggle with the system to change it. As long as you have people who - to make substantive changes, to make infrastructure changes.
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I believe that rather than it being a case of humans versus machines, the future of financial advice more likely lies somewhere in between, where human advisors leverage artificial intelligence and automation to become smarter and more efficient at doing their jobs.
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If you're an actor, you have to look spiffing. But as the director, you don't need to look so glamorous.
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We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.
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So I submit to my colleagues here today that hydrogen is not as far away as we think it is.
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I was introduced to cannabis when I was 16. I realized the similarity to the mystical experiences I'd had - the enhancing of senses, the way it made thought more interesting. In 1965, before it became illegal, I was introduced to LSD. I thought it was extraordinary.
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Great and strange ideas transcending experience often have less effect upon men and women than smaller, more tangible considerations.
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We need to learn from our experiences and take responsibilities for our actions and drive on.
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After realization, the attention becomes enlightened.
