Henepola Gunaratana Quotes

The present moment is changing so fast that we often do not notice its existence at all. Every moment of mind is like a series of pictures passing through a projector. Some of the pictures come from sense impressions. Others come from memories of past experiences or from fantasies of the future.

Henepola Gunaratana

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: clergyman
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: December 7, 1927

Topics

FutureMemoriesMomentPastMind

I did take comfort in the vespers and compline. I might have become a monk if I hadn't come out.

John Cameron Mitchell

ComfortBecomeOutMonkTakeCome

Who wouldn't want to date Salman?

Amy Jackson

WantDateWho

Want balance in your life? Then sure, get your own act together, but don't forget four powerful disciplines of execution in your team and organization.

Stephen Covey

LifeTogetherBalanceTeamPowerful

I met two of my movie heroes. I met Tom Hanks, and I met Steven Spielberg. Oh and Quentin Tarantino.

Tom Holland

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They said I couldn't play anything but an English boy. I knew I could. So I went to New York.

Roddy McDowall

New YorkPlayNewSaidBoyAnything

Modern candidates seem to have to live with political matters all the time. In my father's time, a politician's home was still his castle.

Rose Kennedy

FatherHomeLiveTimePolitical

The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.

Ronald Reagan

BusinessBestIntelligenceGovernment

I found my style in my aunt's attic. She hoarded all her '60s clothes there, along with the tiaras she'd won as a beauty queen, and I'd steal her wedding dress to wear around town.

Roisin Murphy

BeautyStyleQueenDressWedding

'Original Sin' is, for me, a murder mystery with a huge cast that plays out on a grand stage.

Jason Aaron

MeMysterySinStageOutOriginal

In Washington, task forces work like Tylenol: they reduce the symptoms of scandal while leaving the substance untouched.

Jonathan Turley

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I spent money, I slept with women around the league, but I always kept my mind on the game.

Dennis Rodman

WomenMoneyMindGameAlwaysAround

I only tweet about food and silly things, but it's really fascinating because I get a lot of response on Twitter, and I'm always looking at the type of people who write me on there, and it is such a variety.

Sutton Foster

FoodPeopleMeLookingSillyWrite

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