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"To have a little recognition, that is very nice, you dig. It is good for the ego, for the psyche."
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"What spreads the stench of bad conduct? It is the egoism and other 'flaws'."
"The ego dies and the ego lives, but people say that 'I died'. That which takes birth and dies is the ego, and the Soul is in the same place (is always intact). Even Pudgal (the atoms that were charged; which are being discharged in the form of mind, body, speech) is in the same place. The issue is only of the ego in the middle."
"Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries."
"Accept the ego of extraordinary people as they have achieved something but don't accept the ego of ordinary people."
"The ego resists change. False pride is an impediment to change."
"We measure everything by ourselves with almost a necessary conceit."
"An obese ego is just about the heaviest thing you'll ever carry. So maybe you should stop feeding it."
"My ego drives me nuts. It asks me to be competitive, creative, and smart."
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"To have a little recognition, that is very nice, you dig. It is good for the ego, for the psyche."
"If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know what that is, unless it would be some African drums or something."
"A lot of times I go back to record and to make a tour, but I'm very happy to do it, because it gives me an opportunity to dig and hear what's going on."
"When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition. If you don't understand what it's about, you're depriving yourself of being really able to communicate this poem."
"It's certainly not just a spot opinion; it's something that obviously has been building up for years. It is also very good for publicity, and it is the kind of recognition that maybe will help financially, also."
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