"The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure."

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Bodhidharma

“The musician lifestyle is not easy for most people to understand. This is something I'm struggling with. When you're on tour, people think you're just having the time of your life and it's really romantic.”

Source : "Without Her Happy Hookers". Interview With Shilpa Ray, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 27, 2015.
“It's impossible not to be taken in by the spectacle of oneself, which is the biggest sin of the culture right now.”
“Women hock their jewels and their husbands' insurance policies to acquire an unaccustomed shade in hair or crÃªpe de chine. Why then is it that when anyone commits anything novel in the arts he should be always greeted by this same peevish howl of pain and surprise? One is led to suspect that the interest people show in these much talked of commodities, painting, music, and writing, cannot be very deep or very genuine when they so wince under an unexpected impact.”
“Regardless of what I think about Islam or Wicca or any other religion, the fact is that it's a group of people. Every faith has its ceremonies. And since it's made up of people, every faith also has its assholes.”
“The more I've walked through tough times, the stronger I've become.”
“The shadow of crisis has passed, and the State of the Union is strong.”
“Liberalism itself has failed, and for a pretty good reason. It has been too often compromised by the people who represented it.”
“We are members one of another; so that you cannot injure or help your neighbor without injuring or helping yourself.”

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