Nyanaponika Thera Quotes
Mindfulness, though so highly praised and capable of such great achievements, is not at all a "mystical" state, beyond the ken and reach of the average person. It is, on the contrary, something quite simple and common, and very familiar to us.
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I'm interested in playing, not working.
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Art lies by its own artifice.
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We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
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Everywhere I go, I have my little Steinberger, and I like it very well.
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I'm very interested to see how this new painting will go - I know I want it big and stark, and as I said, I follow the muse, and that's when it always works perfectly for me.
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I think every business is definitely different. There are certain businesses where execution is everything.
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The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
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Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.
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I can afford to say what I wish.
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A huge part of what animates homophobia among young people is paranoia and fear of their own capacity to be gay themselves.
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The 'punch' of a truly weird tale is simply some violation or transcending of fixed cosmic law - an imaginative escape from palling reality - hence, phenomena rather than persons are the logical 'heroes.'
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'Nip/Tuck' did make me very comfortable in my own skin, no pun intended. I had to be stripped down a lot, and you're kind of in front of the whole world, and it teaches you to accept yourself and be comfortable with yourself real quickly.
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I generally will answer any question about anything.
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If I look what sport has done in my life, I don't think there's any doubt that sport can change lives.
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We're living in hard times.
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To an adolescent, there is nothing in the world more embarrassing than a parent.
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In 1765, Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which, as any American high school student can tell you, was an act that apparently had something to do with stamps.
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That just sounds so funny, A-list. Really, I'm a mom, and that's how I'm going to be all my life.
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There was a three hour differential in performances because the sponsor insisted it be done live for California. You would go on at 8 pm in New York but you would also have to go on at 8 p.m. in California. That meant coming back in to do the show at 11 p.m.
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I am usually cooking at least four times a week if I am home. The easiest thing that I do a lot is gazpacho. It's simple and it tastes best if you let it sit over night in the refrigerator... I don't want anybody near me when I am cooking. If I am going to make a mistake, it has to be my fault.
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Mindfulness, though so highly praised and capable of such great achievements, is not at all a "mystical" state, beyond the ken and reach of the average person. It is, on the contrary, something quite simple and common, and very familiar to us.
