Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes

When I analyse myself and my reactions or behaviour, there is the act and the actor. There is a division between the two and that creates conflict between 'what is' and 'what should be'.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

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• I don't think what I look like is relevant.

  

  Fiona Apple
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• What inspired me to become an author? I think it was the snow in New York. I looked out the window and I said, 'Well, I have to get dressed every morning to go to teach, but if I write a book, I can stay home in my bathrobe, eat candy corn.'

  

  Patricia Reilly Giff
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• Nature also forges man, now a gold man, now a silver man, now a fig man, now a bean man.

  

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• It does seem to produce more creative results when there are limitations. It's like in wartime with rations - people became more inventive with cooking.

  

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• I just know you can not be on top forever. There's always going to be the next guy, and if I'm going to go down, I'd like to know I helped the next guy take my spot. You can't prevent the inevitable, but you can join the ship.

  

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• The government has a history of not treating people fairly, from the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II to African-Americans in the Civil Rights era.

  

  Rand Paul
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• People still say to me, 'What, you still live in Mexico?' I don't have to go to the United States simply to find work, and I don't have to stop what I'm doing. I mean, which Hollywood film beats 'The Motorcycle Diaries?'

  

  Gael Garcia Bernal
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• In documentary films, you're a storyteller using found objects. You still have to have a story arc and all the elements that make a good story. It really helped me mature as a storyteller.

  

  Garth Stein
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• As a youngster, when I started writing and stuff, I did actually write more from other people's perspectives. When I hit 18 and something happened to me that hurt me, I discovered that writing the truth is really therapeutic and amazing.

  

  Sam Smith
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• I was supposed to go see Led Zeppelin when I was in, like, the 8th or 9th grade, and then John Bonham died and I never was able to. For me, music is such a huge part of my life, and I use songs like memory triggers. So a lot of my memories of being a kid and growing up are associated with different songs.

  

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• Every American, I think, should be able to fill out their taxes on a postcard.

  

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• Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous.

  

  Kate McKinnon
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• I never talk about my opponent because I don't think it's my right to judge.

  

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• Going to so many book events keeps me connected with my readership while constantly reminding me that all the long hours at the drawing desk are worthwhile.

  

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• Remember that politics, colonialism, imperialism and war also originate in the human brain.

  

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• As a little girl, I didn't like stories about little girls. I liked stories about dragons and beasts and princes and princesses and fear and terror and the Four Musketeers and almost anything other than nice little girls making moral decisions about whether to tell the teacher about what the other little girl did or did not do.

  

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• By now, you've heard endless warnings about the risk of short, trivial passwords. There's a good chance you ignore them.

  

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• I once said to my father, when I was a boy, 'Dad we need a third political party.' He said to me, 'I'll settle for a second.'

  

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• This war has been motivated by pride or arrogance, by a desire to control oil wealth, by a desire to implant our programs.

  

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• Decisions just look different with women at the table. We still have a long way to go. The most powerful thing we own is our vote.

  

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• I'm all for competition; competition is good. I just want to make sure the playing field is level.

  

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• I've always wanted to go to Australia. I hear it's a great place. I mean, kangaroos are pretty awesome. That's an up factor.

  

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• I heat myself up over the fact that I am never going to be as good as I want to be.

  

  Aidan Gillen
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• When I analyse myself and my reactions or behaviour, there is the act and the actor. There is a division between the two and that creates conflict between 'what is' and 'what should be'.

  

  Jiddu Krishnamurti