Dalai Lama Quotes
If the situation was such that there was only one learned lama or genuine practitioner alive, a person whose death would cause the whole of Tibet to lose all hope of keeping its Buddhist way of life, then it is conceivable that in order to protect that one person it might be justified for one or 10 enemies to be eliminated if there was no other way.
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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I tend to have a pattern of playing misunderstood characters.
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Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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It's so important to get your skin to look even, whether it's with a MAC Cosmetics glow, a Laura Mercier tinted moisturizer, or even just a solid foundation. Start off with a good prep and a good primer.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.
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Oftentimes, people stay where they are in life simply because of fear. But do you know that fear isn't reality? It's only a thought in your mind.
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I have no ties to my dad. I had no communications with him; it didn't shape who I am or anything like that. I'm actually a product of my mom.
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Vegetarians in general don't like me.
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And the success of the union movement, historically, has always been to benefit all working men and women - not just people who belong to the union.
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It is inappropriate to discuss matters of business, pleasure or current events in the temple.
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Chile's mines are very dangerous; the country has a lot of earthquakes.
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We are not in the regime of Aurangzeb. We are in the regime of rule of law. When rule of law is concerned, it applies to government, it applies to Supreme Court, it applies to everybody.
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How individuals of the same species surpass each other in these sensations and in other bodily faculties is universally known, but there is a limit to them, and their power cannot extend to every distance or to every degree.
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I don't only write about English literature; I also write about chaos theory and... ants. I can understand ants.
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If one man is representing India in cricket, then yes, blame that person when things go wrong.
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Frankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot.
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There are long periods when life seems a small, dull round, a petty business with no point, and then suddenly we are caught up in some great event which gives us a glimpse of the solid and durable foundations of our existence.
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'That you are regularly facing challenges does not make you an unbeliever. Don’t measure your Christian life by your situation.'
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I have a very silly sense of humor. I've never laughed harder in my entire life than seeing someone with toilet paper stuck on the bottom of their shoe.
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Has my heart gone to sleep? Have the beehives of my dreams stopped working, the waterwheel of the mind run dry, scoops turning empty, only shadow inside? No, my heart is not asleep. It is awake, wide awake. Not asleep, not dreaming— its eyes are opened wide watching distant signals, listening on the rim of vast silence.
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If the situation was such that there was only one learned lama or genuine practitioner alive, a person whose death would cause the whole of Tibet to lose all hope of keeping its Buddhist way of life, then it is conceivable that in order to protect that one person it might be justified for one or 10 enemies to be eliminated if there was no other way.
