"What my mom failed to understand was that I didn't even want long hair -- I needed long hair. And my desire for protracted, flowing locks had virtually nothing to do with fashion, nor was it a form of protest against the constructions of mainstream society. My motivation was far more philosophical. I wanted to rock."

-- Chuck Klosterman

#Mom Quotes #Fashion Quotes #Motivation Quotes

“The spirit of Buddhism is, more than anything, about valuing harmony and unity, in which others are respected and embraced rather than denounced. This has been the way of Buddhism since the beginning, and this is true Buddhism.”

Source : Shinjō Itō (2009). “Shinjo: Reflections”, p.137
“One of the inescapable encumbrances of leading an interesting life is that there have to be moments when you almost lose it.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Fairway: a narrow strip of mown grass that separates two groups of golfers looking for lost balls in the rough.”
“Two or three girls go to a club and they've worked out that one player is worth 50,000 (128,000), another's worth 30,000 (77,000). That's the reality.”
“The glory is being happy. The glory is not winning here or winning there. The glory is enjoying practicing, enjoy every day, enjoying to work hard, trying to be a better player than before.”
“Yosemite Park is a place of rest, a refuge from the roar and dust and weary, nervous, wasting work of the lowlands, in which one gains the advantages of both solitude and society...”
“You cannot be present in an abstract way. Presence is not about disappearing into nothingness. You can only be present with something that is actually here.”
“I would never challenge any rapper to a rap-off. It's weird, I'm not that type of rapper.”

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