Gautama Buddha Quotes
On a long journey of human life, faith is the best of companions; it is the best refreshment on the journey; and it is the greatest property.
Quotes to Explore
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I grew up aware of all the people I depended on and who depended on me.
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I just didn't make music that you could sing with a big grin, still don't.
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The reason I did the book about holidays is that you're a different person on holiday. You're sleeping somewhere unfamiliar, knocking about with people you've never met and for 10 days you're someone else. You're out of your comfortable zone.
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To work with children anywhere is just plain fun.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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My life is black and white and mixed. My mother's a Rastafarian, my dad was a short white guy - it's not an affectation. It's also the lives of millions of people throughout the world.
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You try to do what you can to bring harmony wherever you go.
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There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake.
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I'm kind of embarrassed by how quickly I adjusted to L.A. I really love it. It's so pleasant.
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I'm a pretty plain-spoken guy.
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There seems to be this impression that if I really am a psychotherapist, I can't be serious about it. They think there must be something fishy going on.
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Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind.
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I kind of liked the idea of filming musicians. I could like a musician and know, at the same time, maybe nobody else maybe liked them much or appreciated them.
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I'm obsessed with subtexts. I love that we often don't say what we feel. That gap between the two. I like it when actors reveal a lot without having to say it.
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At the moment I am a little bit politician, yes. I think that could be my next step. It is not because I want power, it is because of what I think I could do for the people.
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I love anything that involves the ocean. Swimming, snorkelling or surfing are all fun, which distracts from your mind that you are actually doing a workout. Being outdoors in the sun and the salt water is great for freeing your mind and feeling alive.
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I remember going to church about four times a week. I liked it a lot.
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I tried my hand at photography and worked with a studio for six months.
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With a penetrating vision you can dissipate the obstruction, remove the obstacle, dissolve the wrong condition.
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I've never thought about songwriting as a weapon. I've only thought about it as a way to help me get through love and loss and sadness and loneliness and growing up.
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The nice thing about 'Futurama' for me personally was that it was a way to honor some of the traditional ideas in literary science fiction, not so much movie or television science fiction - although we have that too, obviously. Our situation, a workplace comedy, led to all sorts of stuff.
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If you're going to document your own journey, the jokes work better in the first person, just like the stories do.
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“I live in a constellation of intimates, and the shape of us is a family. We touch base and check in, with each other and also—I am so gratified to report—they sometimes check in with one another. Correspondences have sprung up and friendships have started to form beyond my influence. Family has begun to take on a transitive property as well.”
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On a long journey of human life, faith is the best of companions; it is the best refreshment on the journey; and it is the greatest property.
