Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes
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After realizing that we would eventually be able to build molecular machines that could arrange atoms to form virtually any pattern that we wanted, I saw that an awful lot of consequences followed from that.
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I love going for a swim. Growing up in England, anywhere with a pool seems like the height of glamour to me.
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Today, fear of bloodshed is forcing us into recognizing new taboos: those of Muslims.
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If you want to provoke, you should provoke someone who is stronger than you, otherwise you are misusing your power.
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Life is one long jubilee.
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The drills we do, where you're telling kids to memorize things, don't actually work. What works is engaging them and letting them do things and discover things.
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But actors should act. You should see them most often rather than just not.
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Education, doing homework, is the way to lift up girls. Around the world, where girls are educated, the economy and the standard of living rise.
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If it weren't for singing, I don't know what else I would do with myself.
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I want to tell women in developing countries that they are as powerful as their male counterparts, and they can play an equal role in their respective societies.
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Nastia Liukin, I was obsessed with her. And I say was, but really am obsessed with her. She's just so amazing.
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You just can't beat the person who never gives up.
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I've been recording forever. I'm a watcher. I'm a stalker. I love everything about people. It's always been a passion for me to observe.
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I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.
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Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds.
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I love Lee Ann Womack and John Prine. That's kind of my ideal cross point. If I can sing it like Lee Ann would and say it like John would, then I feel like I've gotten somewhere.
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It isn't right to judge strength as better than good wisdom.
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There is a wicked inclination in most people to suppose an old man decayed in his intellects. If a young or middle-aged man, when leaving a company, does not remember where he laid his hat, it is nothing; but if the same inattention is discovered in an old man, people will shrug up their shoulders, and say, 'His memory is going.'
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Outward appearance is nothing to Him if it is not an expression of the inner.
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My agents and my managers are very good at whittling things down to the things they think I would be good at and that I'd respond well to, and that includes theater, TV and film. Whatever it is, if the material is right for me, then I'll go for it.
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Everyone has setbacks. I'm no different. I happen to have no legs. That's pretty much the fact.
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Without music, life is a journey through a desert.
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Friendship is such a powerful healer and source of support.
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Does choice exist when I see something very clearly?
