Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes

Freedom is when you really get your own powers which are within you. In your central nervous system and in your conscious mind, you must feel the existence of the spirit.

Nirmala Srivastava

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• I've been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.

  

  Barbra Streisand
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• But with nonfiction, the task is very straightforward: Do the research, tell the story.

  

  Laura Hillenbrand
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• After all those years in Asia, I don't have to do promotion anymore. We just release a Jackie Chan movie and - Boom! - people go.

  

  Jackie Chan
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• Whether we like it or not, men and women are not the same in nature, temperament, emotions and emotional responses.

  

  J. Paul Getty
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• You always hear about delegation, but people make the mistake of delegating and not following up. I give authority, but I stay in touch. Otherwise it doesn't work.

  

  Wayne Huizenga
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• I am a fiscal conservative.

  

  Ed Rendell
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• I envy those Hindus and Buddhists who have in their religion philosophy and ancestor worship which build in the believer a continuity with the past, and that most important ingredient in the building of a nation - memory.

  

  F. Sionil Jose
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• I lead a simple life. I feed the fish. I walk the dogs. I cook dinner. Occasionally I take a meeting.

  

  Macaulay Culkin
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• I think that the first film I saw in the theater was 'The AristoCats.' I was like, 'Oh my God, this is brilliant!' That's when I knew I wanted to work in cinema. I was four or five.

  

  Jacky Ido
  • Work
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• I think there are moral obligations, and I think there are economic transactions. So I think that chores are good; I think that allowances are good. I think combining them is bad.

  

  Dan Pink
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• In 'A Poetics of Optics,' Equi writes that 'all images bank on alchemy.' This idea captures her fundamental sense of poetry as turning common material into something rare and valuable.

  

  Floyd Skloot
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• I think the most important cause for me is to try to represent honesty. I'm not saying I'm perfect, but it's about trying to be true to who you are.

  

  Anthony Rapp
  • Important
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• People spend money when and where they feel good.

  

  Walt Disney
  • People
  • Good
  • Money

• Acting on the stage is a luxury for me. I lose money. I make movies for financial reasons and this allows me the luxury of acting on Broadway. Hollywood, unfortunately, exploits actors for their own reasons, which are usually financial. So we might as well exploit Hollywood as much as it exploits us.

  

  George C. Scott
  • Reason
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• Nothing is a surprise to God; nothing is a setback to His plans; nothing can thwart His purposes; and nothing is beyond His control.

  

  Joni Eareckson Tada
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• I do see the good in people, but I also see the bad --- I see it in myself. I know what I'm capable of. Good and bad. It's very imnportant that we make that clear. Just because I often find a way around the darkness doesn't mean tjat I don't know it's there.

  

  Bono U2
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• In every moment we make a decision -- whether conscious or unconscious. Will I choose to open my heart, send love, withhold judgment and thus free myself from fear? Or will I close my heart, project fear instead of extending love, judge others, and thus bind myself to fear? The choice is mine and mine alone.

  

  Marianne Williamson
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• Freedom is when you really get your own powers which are within you. In your central nervous system and in your conscious mind, you must feel the existence of the spirit.

  

  Nirmala Srivastava
  • Existence
  • Conscious
  • Nervous