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• I was invited by a publisher to write the text for Tantra.[1] Having done some research, what fascinated me was the evidence that many 'tantric' ideas actually came to India from the Mediterranean. It is rather a dry read and debunks reports of orgies and sexual mischief – sorry to disappoint.

  Indra Sinha

  Sorry, Writing, Ideas

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• If churches saw their mission in the same way, there is no telling what might happen. What if people were invited to come tell what they already know of God instead of to learn what they are supposed to believe? What if they were blessed for what they are doing in the world instead of chastened for not doing more at church? What if church felt more like a way station than a destination? What if the church’s job were to move people out the door instead of trying to keep them in, by convincing them that God needed them more in the world than in the church?

  Barbara Brown Taylor

  Jobs, Believe, Moving

  Barbara Brown Taylor (2011). “Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith”, p.222, Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd

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• Yes, I was invited to make the sound environment at a booth of a huge electronic company, during the Hanover Industrial Fair in 1973. It was a job. Slightly good paid. But not as much as my producer then told the press.

  Klaus Schulze

  Jobs, Sound, Environment

  Interview with Jason Gross, www.furious.com. May 1997.

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• I've been to Vulcan where I've been vulcanized, Carbon where you get carbonated and Standard where you get standardized. Ernie Isley's invited me to Castor … and I'm not looking forward to it.

  Ralph Klein

  Looking Forward, Carbon, Standards

  "The best quotes from Ralph Klein’s colourful public life". www.theglobeandmail.com. March 29, 2013.

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• If you're not invited to the party, throw your own.

  Diahann Carroll

  Party, Ifs

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• We have learned that terrorist attacks are not caused by the use of strength; they are invited by the perception of weakness. And the surest way to avoid attacks on our own people is to engage the enemy where he lives and plans. We are fighting that enemy in Iraq and Afghanistan today so that we do not meet him again on our own streets, in our own cities.

  George W. Bush

  Fighting, Cities, Iraq

  "Bush administration on Iraq 9/11 link". news.bbc.co.uk.

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• I don't have to attend every argument I'm invited to.

  W. C. Fields

  Emotion, Argument

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• You're thinking of Europe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe. If you look at the entire NATO Europe today, the center of gravity is shifting to the east. And there are a lot of new members. And if you just take the list of all the members of NATO and all of those who have been invited in recently -- what is it? Twenty-six, something like that? -- you're right. Germany has been a problem, and France has been a problem.

  Donald Rumsfeld

  Thinking, Europe, Twenties

  Briefing at Foreign Press Center, Washington, D.C., 22 Jan. 2003

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• I wasn't getting invited to any board meetings. I had to kick the door down.

  Don King

  Doors, Boxing, Boards

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• I was invited to photograph Hollywood. They asked me what I would like to photograph. I said, Ugly men.

  Imogen Cunningham

  Photography, Artist, Men

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• I was once invited to take part in a heroic, possibly fatal enterprise, but I declined, mainly on account of sloth.

  Edward Abbey

  Sloth, Heroic, Enterprise

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.27, RosettaBooks

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• The man of petty ambition if invited to dinner will be eager to be set next his host.

  Theophrastus

  Ambition, Men, Dinner

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• My cousin Roger once told me, on the eve of his third wedding, that he felt marriage was addictive. Then he corrected himself. I mean early marriage, he said. The very start of a marriage. It's like a whole new beginning. You're entirely brand-new people; you haven't made any mistakes yet. You have a new place to live and new dishes and this new kind of, like, identity, this 'we' that gets invited everywhere together now. Why, sometimes your wife will have a brand-new name, even.

  Anne Tyler

  Cousin, Mistake, New Beginnings

  Anne Tyler (2012). “The Beginner's Goodbye”, p.122, Random House

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• No one has the right to criticize you for how your body looks, but they will. One thing I've learned from experiencing this exact kind of criticism is that no one else can label your body except for you. No one gets to have a place in your mind if they weren't invited there by you. So please do me this one favor: Don't let their ugly words into your beautiful mind.

  Taylor Swift

  Beautiful, Mind, Criticism

  "Taylor Swift's Heartwarming Message To Bullied Fan Will Literally Bring You To Tears" by Ariel Nagi, www.seventeen.com. January 28, 2015.

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• He invited people to sign a petition that demanded either strict control of, or a total ban on, dihydrogen monoxide.... Yes, 86 percent of the passersby voted to ban water (H2O) from the environment. Maybe that's what really happened to all the water on Mars.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Science, People, Water

  Neil deGrasse Tyson (2007). “Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries”, p.220, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Often the biggest dreamers get hurt the most. They were pure in their insanity and in their isolation. They were living the dream amongst themselves and didn’t realize it. It’s when they invited the public inside their world that everything went wrong.

  Harmony Korine

  Dream, Hurt, Insanity

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• A Christian is one who is invited... to join in the feast, to the joy of being saved, to the joy of being redeemed, to the joy of sharing life with Christ. This is a joy! You are called to a party!

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Party, Joy

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• Do you realize the weight of the one who has invited us to follow him? He is worthy of more than church attendance and casual association; he is worthy of total abandonment and supreme adoration.

  David Platt

  Church, Attendance, Weight

  David Platt (2013). “Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live.”, p.38, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• Just pausing for two to three breaths is a perfect way to stay present. This is a good use of our life. Indeed, it is an excellent, joyful use of our life. Instead of getting better and better at avoiding, we can learn to accept the present moment as if we had invited it, and work with it instead of against it, making it our ally rather than our enemy.

  Pema Chodron

  Two, Perfect, Enemy

  Pema Chodron (2009). “Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears”, p.50, Shambhala Publications

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• I've chosen not to talk about my really private life to the press - I've never invited a huge amount of attention.

  Sophia Myles

  Attention, Chosen, Private Life

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Betty White met with President Obama at the White House. President Obama invited Betty personally because she's great with animals. And the president's still having a tough time house-training Joe Biden.

  Craig Ferguson

  Animal, White, House

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• We cannot carry the gospel to the poor and lowly while emulating the practices of the rich and powerful. We’ve been invited into a story that begins with humility and ends with glory; never the other way around.

  Jen Hatmaker

  Powerful, Humility, Practice

  Jen Hatmaker (2012). “7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess”, p.68, B&H Publishing Group

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• A critical function that we journalists perform at political conventions is to try to get into parties that we have not been invited to. There are dozens of these parties, sponsored by large corporations with a sincere public-spirited desire to become larger.

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Party, Political

  Dave Barry (2003). “Boogers Are My Beat: More Lies, but Some Actual Journalism”, p.26, Crown Archetype

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• It is not enough to show that drug A is better than drug B on the average. One is invited to ask, 'For which people ("& why") is drug A better than drug B, and vice versa? If drug A cures 40% and drug B cures 60%, perhaps the right choice of drug for each person would result in 100% cures.'

  Lancelot Hogben

  Dark, Average, People

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• I invite you to read again the full accounts of this inspired vision. Study them, ponder them, and apply them to your daily life. In modern terms we might say we are invited to "get a grip." We must hold on tight to the iron rod and never let go.

  Ann M. Dibb

  Letting Go, Iron, Vision

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