Anthony de Mello Quotes
The Master was allergic to ideologies. 'In a war of ideas,' he said, 'it is people who are the casualties.' Later he elaborated: 'People kill for money or for power. But the most ruthless murderers are those who kill for their ideas.'
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I've always loved to help people, young people in particular.
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If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it.
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I've written 29 damn plays. Isn't that enough?
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This identity, this mind, this particular cast of speech, is nearly over.
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I've got quite a good poker face. I'm known for being able to keep my emotions very much in check: no one knows how I'm feeling. I can be winning or losing but keep it very much the same.
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My parents and my brother instilled in me my sense of humor. That's kind of the way we communicate with each other, and it's always been a way for me to get to know people.
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I hear odd tracks from my albums every now and again on the radio, or maybe a friend plays me something.
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Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.
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I keep in touch with what's real.
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Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world.
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The truth is that technology is only valuable if it helps you run your organization better.
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Literature at its fullest takes human nature as its theme. That's the kind of writing that interests me.
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My family didn't have any money growing up. I'm just a girl from the ghetto; from Indio, California.
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Millions of people gave their lives fighting fascism and imperialism, but Pearl Harbor was the event that forever changed the course of human history.
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Maybe if I'd had more direct contact with death, I wouldn't find it so fascinating and I wouldn't write about it so much.
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In my district, California 14, we have about 4,000 families who are on food stamps, but some of my colleagues have thousands and thousands more. Yet, they somehow feel like crusaders, like heroes, when they vote to cut food stamps.
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Insults are the business of the court.
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Now, I guess, people want stars. People are trying to invent stars.
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Hebrew is my first language, so it's really the most personal and the most simple. When I write in Hebrew, I don't look for sophistication in music; it's just pure emotion that comes out.
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For me, getting young people engaged in politics and public service is really one of the most fun things that I get to do.
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One of the things I'm always reminded of when I'm back on stage is how much you have to be aware of and in control of. There is no tight shot. There is no 'we're only shoulders-up this time.' No, from the top of your head to your pinky toe, you're telegraphing part of the story the entire time you're up there.
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There were so many layers of reality to the world. Nothing stopped for death; nothing stopped for grief or horror or tragedy.
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I didn't realize people tip for take-out.
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The Master was allergic to ideologies. 'In a war of ideas,' he said, 'it is people who are the casualties.' Later he elaborated: 'People kill for money or for power. But the most ruthless murderers are those who kill for their ideas.'
