"So the Buddha is presenting awakening not as a single mystical experience that may come upon us at some meditation, some private moment of transcendence, but rather as a new engagement with life. He is offering us a relationship to the world that is more sensitized to suffering and the causes of suffering, and he gives rise to the possibility of another kind of culture, another kind of civilization."

-- Stephen Batchelor

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“I'm from Holland and the history of "Admiral" is something you would read about when you're at school. Nobody knows about these stories and when you go to any museum in Holland, you will see these paintings of these 17th century sea beckels that the Dutch were in to, so it always intrigued me.”
“Young people today have lots of experience ... interacting with new technologies, but a lot less so of creating [or] expressing themselves with new technologies. It's almost as if they can read but not write.”
“Like every other means of expression, photography, if it is to be utterly honest and direct, should be related to the life of the times - the pulse of today.”
“When I finally realized that I didn't want to be a butch, I wanted to sleep with a butch, a whole new world opened up before my eyes.”
“When two people compliment each other with the choice of anything, each of them generally gets that which he likes least.”
“There are a few people who genuinely see the best in everyone.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I got my first job as a card-carrying actor in New York in 1967. Before that, I was a very desperate wannabe.”
“Dating is not only a wonderful time of life, but also a context for enormous spiritual and personal growth. You learn so much about yourself, others, God, love, spirituality, and life through dating. Done well, it can be fulfilling in and of itself. Done well, it can be one of the most fun and rewarding aspects of your life. Done well, it can lead to a good marriage.”

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