Eknath Easwaran Quotes
By giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.
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Not only is self-regulation largely a fantasy, but repeated scandals across multiple industries have proved that companies are fundamentally incapable of self-regulating for the greater good.
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I don't have to really be in the 60s. Every time I hail a cab in New York, and they pass me by and pick up the white person, then I get a dose of it. Or when they don't want to take you to Harlem. I grew up with that.
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I wear the Jewish star, but I'm not - I haven't converted to Judaism, and I'm not - I'm not - I'm not Jewish in the conventional sense because the Kaballah is a belief system that predates religion and predates Judaism as an organized religion.
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I don't know if foreigners will take to my novels or not. It may be that my books appeal only to a particular gender or age group rather than convey a more universal appeal.
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I thought Beverly Hills was a gated community. I always drove around Beverly Hills because I thought that there's a guard that was going to stop me.
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Some players are more physical than others, some play with more finesse. Some are just really great all-around players. So you have to change your game.
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A lot of actors know they want to be actors a little bit earlier on. I didn't even really start studying until I was about 22.
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need to communicate and to connect.
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Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
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There is an honourable tradition in British public life that those charged with authority at the top of an organisation should accept responsibility for what happens in that organisation. I am therefore writing to the prime minister today to tender my resignation as chairman of the BBC.
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Do you remember the wrestler Andre the Giant? Famous. He had acromegaly.
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I don't even think I'll see all of 'The Mist' until I'm 18. I'm going to the premiere, but I'll close my eyes during the scarier scenes.
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I really fought to make my character not a stereotype. I play a soap star with dyed blonde hair.
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There's not a fortune to be made doing voiceover work unless you're one of the main voices on The Simpsons. See, there's The Simpsons, and then there's everything else.
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Usually, TED only invites the most accomplished and famous people in the world to give talks.
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People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages.
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The BBC is part of the glue which binds the United Kingdom together. At those times of national moment - of joy or sadness, in the UK or around the world, at times when the nation wants to celebrate, mourn or just enjoy itself people turn to the BBC.
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I'm not one of those Hollywood moms where my kid is three weeks old and I'm a size zero. I'm a real woman and I'm a working woman and a working mom.
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First you get a habit, then it gets you.
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I don't have a boyfriend right now. I'm looking for anyone with a job that I don't have to support.
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Almost never does a single company have excellence in a multiplicity of disciplines.
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It was a very emotional dinner... Everyone shared personal stories about her and gave her words of encouragement and inspiration. Everyone tried to remain positive.
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By giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.
