Dalai Lama Quotes
Buddha himself taught different teachings to different people under different circumstances. For some people, there are beliefs based on a Creator. For others, no Creator. The only "definitive truth" for Buddhism is the absolute negation of any one truth as the Definitive Truth.
Quotes to Explore
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Our music doesn't make many compromises, but we take it into a venue that's larger than people expect.
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I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.
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I even have a Harmony Rocket and a Stratocaster with a scalloped neck back in Florida.
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My favourite outfit was this black lace dress that I found in a vintage shop in Williamsburg, New York.
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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First of all, returning from motherhood, I was looking for something lighter, and I wasn't as much attracted to Kate as I was to the relationship between the two people.
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I've struggled with depression before. For me, music was always a very positive way to will myself out of that situation.
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I wanted to get a taste of what it would feel like to be a mum. I've always had a strong maternal instinct and ideally I would love one of my own.
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A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news.
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Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.
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It's unacceptable to just sit on the couch and say I'm not doing anything. You've got to get out and do everything you can.
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The whole point of music is being able to share your story. I've been songwriting for a long time, usually while on the road, as a way to get my feelings out.
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In the South, we drink the Bible with our mother's milk.
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I'd never been published when I was young.
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I think that that's so true for a lot of first responder families and military families. If you ask them, 'Is there anything I can do for you?', they almost always will not ask for that help.
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The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.
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There were a lot of offers before 'Vicky Donor,' but I wanted to wait for the right opportunity.
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I think we live in a culture where it is really difficult to get privacy because everything is so accessible. It's very difficult to maintain your comfortable life with a sort of mystique.
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The moment one accosts a stranger or is accosted by him is above all in this life the moment of drama... Whoever we meet watches us intently at the quick, strange moment of meeting, to see whether we are disposed to be friendly.
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I am not the progressive Koch brother.
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If we can find the will I strongly believe we can still make Britain’s approach to talent a bit more X-factor (without Simon Cowell) and a bit less Downton Abbey.
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When people say all politicians are the same, ask yourself if Obama was the same as Bush, if Francois Hollande is the same as Sarkozy. They are not. They are human beings with different views and different visions for the world.
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Buddha himself taught different teachings to different people under different circumstances. For some people, there are beliefs based on a Creator. For others, no Creator. The only "definitive truth" for Buddhism is the absolute negation of any one truth as the Definitive Truth.
