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“I found my niche as a character actor, and I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted to.”

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Vincent D'Onofrio, born on June 30, 1959, is an accomplished American actor known for his versatile performances and diverse roles in various films and television series. more

“My advice to you is not to undertake the spiritual path. It is too difficult, too long, and is too demanding. I suggest you ask for your money back, and go home. This is not a picnic. It is really going to ask everything of you. So, it is best not to begin. However, if you do begin, it is best to finish.”

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Author:Chogyam Trungpa

“Knowledge can be heady stuff, but it easily leads to an excess of zeal! -- to illusions of grandeur and a desire to impress others and achieve eminence . . . Our search for knowledge should be ceaseless, which means that it is open-ended, never resting on laurels, degrees, or past achievements.”

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Book:Approaching Zion

Source: Approaching Zion

“Things that appear unlikely, impossible, or paradoxical from one point of view often make perfectly good sense from another.”

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Author:Hugh Nibley

“Competitiveness always rests on the assumption of a life-and-death struggle.”

Struggle Assumption Life And Death Competitiveness

Book:Approaching Zion

Source: Approaching Zion

“The gas-law of learning: . . . any amount of information no matter how small will fill any intellectual void no matter how large.”

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Author:Hugh Nibley

“As knowledge increases, the verdict of yesterday must be reversed today, and in the long run the most positive authority is the least to be trusted.”

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Author:Hugh Nibley

“Nobody loves the rat race, but nobody can think of anything else—Satan has us just where he wants us.”

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Book:Approaching Zion

Source: Approaching Zion

“No matter what happens, it will, then, always remain secret: only I know exactly the weight and force of the covenants I have made -- I and the Lord with whom I have made them -- unless I choose to reveal them. If I do not, then they are secret and sacred no matter what others may say or do. Anyone who would reveal these things has not understood them, and therefore that person has not given them away. You cannot reveal what you do not know!”

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Author:Hugh Nibley

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