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Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes

Meditation demands an astonishingly alert mind; it is the understanding of the totality of life in which every form of fragmentation has ceased.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: indian
Birth: May 12, 1895 - February 17, 1986

Topics

Life Mind Understanding Meditation

I always loved drama at school. We had a great drama teacher at my secondary school, and she made drama feel cool. She inspired me, and then I did the National Youth Theatre in London.

Teacher Great School Me Cool Youth

I lived with my mother and father and brothers and sisters some of the time; some of the time, my mother and father were feuding, so my mother would take us to live in my grandmother's house.

John Edgar Wideman

Father Mother Live Time House Lived

I think everyone at times feels awkward, like they don't fit in. But I was lucky to have super-cool parents who reminded me to embrace what makes you special - that you shouldn't want to blend in with everybody.

Parents Me Think You Want Embrace

Cinema is so slow and boring compared to television.

Slow Television Cinema Boring

My biggest thrill in life is to read in the afternoon until I fall asleep and take a nap.

Life Fall Nap Take Afternoon Thrill

Just because you read a report in the 'New York Times,' the 'Economist,' or, yes, 'The New Yorker' doesn't make it true. But we do know that a few people have evaluated that story with what strikes me as fairly objective standards of reason.

Michael Specter

New York People Me Story You Know

Working with BJ The Chicago Kid was amazing.

Amazing Chicago Kid Working

I regard bed as my best friend.

Friend Best Best Friend Bed Regard

I'm usually out there grinding. You see a birdie go up on the board, and you're not thinking about how it affects the tournament because you're playing.

Thinking You Go See Out Up

It's a heavy weight, the camera. Now we have modern and lightweight, small plastic cameras, but in the '70s they were heavy metal.

Annie Leibovitz

Small Camera Now Heavy Metal Plastic

I have nothing against romance. I believe that we must hold on to the right to dream and to be romantic. But an Indian village is not something that I would romanticize that easily.

Romantic Believe Dream Village Right

I grew up listening to oldies, like Motown. That's from my mom.

Mom Listening Up Motown Oldies Like

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