Bede Griffiths Quotes
Obedience is detachment from the self. This is the most radical detachment of all. But what is the self? The self is the principle of reason and responsibility in us. It is the root of freedom, it is what makes us men.
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I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.
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We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about what we want, we have to be very strong about our passion and if it's not right for you, you shouldn't do it just because you're advised by so-called geniuses.
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By the usual reckoning, the worst books make the best films.
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The only reality show that I do tune in for is 'Shark Tank.'
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I was very rebellious.
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Being Jewish is a big part of my artistic sensibility and my humor... I think it gives me a certain take on the world on a literary level.
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I think it's the responsibility of a major opera house not only to cultivate debate and get people thinking, but also to be interfaced with things that challenge them. To challenge its audience and not just deliver things that they know, even though some of those things are wonderful.
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My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can.
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Stay calm and aggressive.
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I definitely love kimchi. The biggest influence that eating so much Korean food growing up had on me was that I have no limit for spiciness. The hotter the better.
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I've thought that 'Soulmate' in the 'Night World' series would make a really nice TV-movie or just a movie.
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As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.
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I think anything goes in fiction as long as it fits within the interior logic of the work itself and is presented in a disciplined manner.
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And yet it moves.
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When you believe in what you're doing and use your imagination and initiative, you can make a difference.
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Growth is a panacea for many ills in society; not entirely, but many.
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When you don't have much money, you worry that they'll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won't know where you are.
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I don't think the people are going to change their opinion on the health care plan because President Obama has now won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Radicalization is very easy when you mock what people hold dear.
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I know no study that will take you nearer the way to happiness than the study of nature - and I include in the study of nature not only things and their forces, but also mankind and their ways, and the moulding of the affections and the will into an earnest desire not only to be happy, but to create happiness.
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Those who rebelled against totalitarian rule and those who simply managed to remain themselves and think freely, were all persecuted. We should not forget any of those who paid for our present freedom in one way or another.
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I loathe the urchin's cruelty to the cat, but I will not loathe the urchin. I loathe Hitler's mass-torturing, but not Hitler; and the money-man's heartlessness, but not the man. I love the swallow's flight, and I love the swallow; the urchin's gleam of tenderness, and the urchin.
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Looking at yourself through the media is like looking at one of those rippled mirrors in an amusement park.
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Obedience is detachment from the self. This is the most radical detachment of all. But what is the self? The self is the principle of reason and responsibility in us. It is the root of freedom, it is what makes us men.
