Kelsang Gyatso Quotes
Some people believe I am the third Buddha, but this is people's choice. From me, never. I have never pretended I am special.
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I really like using the softening cream. It helps me go out there with confidence to do what I need to do, and at the same time, it's very functional and helps keep the hair out of my mouth so I can focus on pitching.
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People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.
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People know things and have a remarkable capacity to act in their individual immediate interests all the time.
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Since we can't count on the meat, egg, and dairy industries to protect animals from the most egregious forms of cruelty, what can we, as consumers, do? Opting out of paying someone to allow animals to die in a barn fire or at the slaughterhouse seems pretty reasonable.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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I'm not saying I'm a paragon of virtue, but it's hard for me not to be honorable.
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We are a very big and vast Government, and naturally, every ministry is becoming bigger and bigger. It becomes, therefore, essential that there should be proper coordination.
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I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.
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I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.
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National partition is a sorrow that touches all Koreans, but for me it is brought to the fore by unimaginable personal suffering.
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I love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend.
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I think a lot of people want me to be like the characters in the books: they want that kind of congruence.
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My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.
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Losing is no fun no matter who you lose to.
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You can't beat a Diane Von Fostenburg wrap dress; I always tend to go for the wrap dresses with a little more structure. I also love Prada shoes.
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No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
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I am happy in Paris.
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I think the most un-American thing you can say is, 'You can't say that.'
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I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary.
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You can't just release double albums and expect people to sit there and devote their time to it.
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As long as young people feel they have got no hope but to blow themselves up you are never going to make progress.
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I'm one of those people for whom success is one thing, but significance is another. If I can have both, I'm living the dream.
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We always hear from newspapers that while people understand the environmental challenge, they are unwilling to stomach the solutions. The trouble is, we only ever hear about the solutions from the media, and for whatever reason, they are almost always caricatured beyond recognition. If there's no appetite for green, it's not surprising.
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Some people believe I am the third Buddha, but this is people's choice. From me, never. I have never pretended I am special.
