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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For me, I can't watch violence when it's too grotesque, and it's just like, that's revolting to watch. I don't enjoy it. But when it's a Tarantino film, I'm lining up outside the door to see it, and I'm expecting to see something really crazy, a lot of blood, and for it to be funny.
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Don't be a fool. Don't give up something important to hold onto someone who can't even say they love you.
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Many places in the Bronx seem hidden in shadows, just as the Bronx itself is in Manhattan's shadow. And dark stories develop best in dark shadows.
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There is not love of life without despair about life.
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There's a little bit of pain in every transition, but we can't let that stop us from making it. If we did, we'd never make any progress at all.
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Does choice exist when I see something very clearly?
