Eboo Patel Quotes
I think that young people are going to continue on with the work on pluralism for two reasons, really. One is because it's the reality of the world that they live in, and I think young people from different backgrounds are asking themselves, what does it mean for me to be a Buddhist and friends with a Baptist?
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So I moved to Europe and only came back when directors like Robert Altman would call me after they'd seen my work in Full Metal Jacket.
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If you put people up on pedestals, there's only one way for them to go, and that is down.
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It's quite absurd to act against a smoke creature that is not there.
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I've always had a passion for music, but I never saw me as a musician for a living. I never thought that I could make a living. It never dawned on me.
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I do not accept the right of big powers to change governments as and when it affects their interests.
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As a writer, as much as I try, I can't stop writing female characters. They have so much more to offer; they have to wear so many different hats. There's so much wonderful gray matter in a female's life that it just makes for a stronger character.
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I love the Kerastase Hair Oils and the Philip Kingsley Elasticizer. They're great for making my hair really soft, but to be honest, any cheap conditioner works. Just leave it on and let it soak in, and it really helps, whatever you use.
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I really hate drama. It's draining; it's mentally draining. It's a waste of time.
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People aren't interested in others controlling what they can do or read or see in the privacy of their own homes.
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If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
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Of course, it's a dream to go to Mars. I want to find out whether there was life there or not. And if there was, then why did it die out? What sort of catastrophe happened?
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It's pretty amazing to me that my first hit record was an Elvis Presley record.
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Life is hard. Not great. Kind of tragic.
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But when I came back into the city for the first time last November, I thought every truck, every building was going to blow up. It has truly changed me something fierce.
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There is nothing as dead and as damned as an important thing. The things that really matter are casual, insignificant little things.
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When I say what I say it’s because what I say has overcome me.
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I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians.
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I can get motivated seeing a kid at my son's school overcome a learning disability.
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It slows down grocery shopping, because so many women at the store watch the show. I always end up talking to two or three people every time I go to Ralphs. It's fun.
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Whenever you talk about Chinese dragons, emperors, palaces, concubines - they conjure up a whole colonial argle-bargle that has nothing to do with historical reality.
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Through an image, people are able to communicate how they're feeling, making even the most invisible struggles more visible to friends and family.
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That's the kind of person I found out I was dealing with, ... To me, I don't want friends like that. I never will have friends like that.
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I love playing intense characters.
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I think that young people are going to continue on with the work on pluralism for two reasons, really. One is because it's the reality of the world that they live in, and I think young people from different backgrounds are asking themselves, what does it mean for me to be a Buddhist and friends with a Baptist?
