R. D. Laing Quotes
Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through. It is potential liberation and renewal as well as enslavement and existential death.
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I love to see women who are comfortable in their skin and dress to suit their body - that looks fabulous because it's authentic.
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To model yourself after Steve Jobs is like, 'I'd like to paint like Picasso, what should I do? Should I use more red?'
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Practical wisdom is what's called for in situations that have a moral dimension to them.
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To make headway, improve your head.
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My approach to cricket has been reasonably simple: it was about giving everything to the team, it was about playing with dignity and it was about upholding the spirit of the game. I hope I have done some of that. I have failed at times, but I have never stopped trying. It is why I leave with sadness but also with pride.
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A journalist covering politics, most of us are aware of the necessity to try to be sure we're unbiased in our reporting. That's one of the fundamentals of good journalism.
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I didn't have a role model. My role model was Michael Jordan. Bad role model for an Indian dude... I didn't have anyone who looked like me. And by the time I was old enough to have what could have been a role model, they were my peers. Aziz Ansari is my peer. Kal Penn is my peer.
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Listen to the sounds of nature. Wishing you the best on your trek towards your dreams.
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We need to learn to accept and certainly mourn any harm that comes to any human being on this earth. But we also need to not be vengeful.
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Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.
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The good parts about being a public company are increased discipline, increased execution and increased transparency to make sure that you are really building a company for a hundred years.
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At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies.
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Behind every easy role, there is a lot of hard work that goes in.
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I've always been fascinated by the concept of reincarnation. I learned that many brilliant people were interested in reincarnation, including Carl Jung. I'm a big Jungian. So I began writing novels involving theories integrating past and present, even if the past element in the novel took place 500 or 1,000 years ago.
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Politicians in Washington and Madison aren't hearing, aren't listening to their constituents and prioritizing getting people back to work and growing our economy.
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Should graffiti be judged on the same level as modern art? Of course not: It's way more important than that.
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There's a view in this country that everybody's going through what they're going through for the first time.
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Doing what is right in the face of adversity is not always easy or popular. Critics may assail you, but the critics don't always realize what they don't know or don't understand, because they don't have access to all the information.
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I detest that saying 'Everything happens for a reason'; it's nonsense.
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The truth is that we were born to have it all. And part of our handicap as adults is that we no longer understand our potential.
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It's important to feel settled and balanced in life, and that has been tough for me to do.
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Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through. It is potential liberation and renewal as well as enslavement and existential death.
