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"There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere."
"The price for sitting and watching game shows and betting on lottery is that the vast majority of the viewers will never become rich"
"Personal improvement is like sitting in a movie theater, arguing with the villain projected on the screen, and feeling that at least we have tried to make things better."
"The thing about writing is not to talk, but to do it; no matter how bad or even mediocre it is, the process and production is the thing, not the sitting and theorizing about how one should write ideally, or how well one could write if one really wanted to or had the time."
"According to the standard model billions of years ago some little quantum fluctuation, perhaps a slightly lower density of matter, maybe right where we're sitting right now, caused our galaxy to start collapsing around here."
"I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom."
"There's something really nice about not sitting separate from the crew in some massive trailer away from the studio. To actually be there with them, it's more of a creative process."
"It's hard to visualize the toys you had fifty years ago - all save bear. He's as clear as if he were sitting on the desk in front of you...of course...he probably is."
"You can marry the Buddha, and after a few months you will find on the human form the Buddha, too, has his limitations. There may be things that the mind reacts to and irritates you about the Buddha. "Why is he sitting over there in meditation?""
"I lost my sleep, and this is the greatest tragedy that can befall someone. It is much worse than sitting in prison."
"He rested sitting on the un-stepped mast and sail and tried not to think but only to endure."
"Tofu and futons. The adepts of Orientalism seem to spend most of their lives reclining. They can't quite summon the energy to crawl up onto a chair. Even their Yogic exercises are carried out in a prone or sitting position."
"My room for books and study or for sitting and thinking about nothing in particular to see what would happen was at the end of a hall."
"I spent the whole evening sitting before a mirror to keep myself company."
"In certain ways I still feel like I'm finding my way. I feel pretty comfortable playing acoustic guitar and singing, but then I feel pretty good sitting on a reggae groove as well."
"The Artist," an ancient sage had once said, "is always sitting on the doorsteps of the rich."
"Spring is noticed, if at all By people sitting in railway trains."
"It is my last wish to be burried sitting up."
"When I have a full schedule like that, I don't see myself sitting there for a couple of months, doing the research, going through a painful process, it's just not my thing anymore."