Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes
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I don't like workouts that make you bulky.
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Neil Gaiman's 'Sandman' just rocked my world in the late '80s and early '90s. I couldn't read them fast enough.
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It's not possible to be perfect - you can always do something better. I'm never proud of what I've done. Sometimes, I'm not ashamed.
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Second place is just the first place loser.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.
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Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
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I am no fashion diva - I grew up on the beaches in South Africa and am a nature girl that spends a lot of time outdoors. Fashion speaks to me through an occasion.
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I love my sleep.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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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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I have so much music inside me I'm just trying to stay afloat. I don't tend to write for a particular band - you have to just write the songs and then let God into the room and let the music tell you what to do.
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China is still the fastest growing economy in the world, but we need to learn how to use money in a better way, and it's about quality, not quantity.
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Time is the devourer of all things.
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In real life, I'm pretty much an eternal optimist.
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It's a very Southern thing to be interested in dark stuff.
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I don't know, I like to go on really different types of dates. Going someplace new or some new part of the city, something that's not your average thing. Something where you just go have an adventure together.
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I could never sit down and say: I'm going to do an out-and-out comedy, just to prove to people I can. You've just got to do what you do. Just listen to your soul and do your art and do it for the right reasons, and then you can't fail.
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Blood relatives often have nothing to do with family, and similarly, family is about who you choose to make your life with.
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I really want women to throw their shoulders back and stand up straight and use their big girl voices and not feel like they're compromising their femininity to be strong and smart.
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There's no disputing that for pols, the Internet is a great way to connect with people and raise some cash and post 'Sopranos' parodies or play your opponent's macaca moments. But in a 'net root' sense, it's pretty useless for getting someone elected.
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When I was born, the Internet was barely two years old. It was the preserve of academics, used to connect dozens rather than billions of users. There weren't many who predicted it would transform our world.
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I see the artist as a participant, a co-producer of reality. I do not see the artist as a person who sits at a distance and evaluates.
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There's a great and unutterable beauty in all this.
