Dalai Lama Quotes
Basically, the Buddhist attitude is that you should not accept certain things through sheer faith. And for that you need a skeptical attitude. Buddha himself made this clear to his followers. He said you should not accept those things I taught out of respect for me, but rather through investigation by yourself.

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My stepfather was quite into opera, but he'd play it when he was in a bad mood, so you'd hear this boom through the floor, Wagner, and you'd feel nervous.
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As a mom, I don't have much time for beauty.
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If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
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'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.
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For clothes and accessories, I love my friend's boutique; One by One and UT.LAB for shoes.
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People don't believe in me very much, but I have my teammates and my family that believe in me so much; they see how hard I work.
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I live for my work, apart from my family who come first. And I live to tell stories and pretend to be other people, it's something I've been doing since I was 3 years old. Maybe it's because I'm intrinsically bored with myself, and I find other people more interesting.
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I remain fascinated by where you go as a woman once you are a mother, and if you ever come back.
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My children are magical creatures and I love them to death.
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I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.
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I have hundreds and hundreds of people from Brazil, Chile, Columbia and Argentina, every day, buying my music and telling me about it online.
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I think for me, or for anyone who plays the quarterback position, it's almost an unspoken word when you think about leadership. Some guys can be a leader and be a running back or a lineman, or wide receiver, strong safety, or linebacker. But when you speak of quarterbacks, it's automatically a default that you're supposed to be a leader.
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I told myself, 'I am teaching entrepreneurship, so I should be an entrepreneur myself.'
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A lot of these people were getting to where they didn't need help anymore. You have to start all over again.
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Victory Over Violence is an organization that was created to help fund shelters for women and children.
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I think growing up in New York, you see so much at such a young age, there's no bubble to escape into.
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Certainly, grades only matter so much when you're in Hollywood. But I became an utterly motivated, devoted, committed student. I was a good student because I was convinced that it would somehow help me in my quest to become a filmmaker.
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I've always had a man's mindset, and that's why I mostly have men friends, and that's why I've been around so many men. I've always been a tomboy. And any man that knows me will tell you I'm not a girly girl.
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The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind.
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I've learned... that everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.
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He began to realize that you cannot even fight happily with creatures that stand upon a different mental basis to yourself.
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The German decision to fight is implacable. Even if they were given more than they ask, they would attack just the same, because they are possessed by the demon of destruction.
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The charm of television entertainment is its ability to bridge the chasm between dinner and bedtime without mental distraction.
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Basically, the Buddhist attitude is that you should not accept certain things through sheer faith. And for that you need a skeptical attitude. Buddha himself made this clear to his followers. He said you should not accept those things I taught out of respect for me, but rather through investigation by yourself.