Meher Baba often signaled the moment " that he would ' break ' his silence by speaking the ' Word ' in every heart, thereby giving a spiritual push forward to all living things.

On many occasions Meher Baba promised to break his silence with an audible word before he died, often stating a specific time and place when this would occur, but according to all contemporary accounts, Meher Baba remained silent until his death.

Three prayers written by Meher Baba, " O Parvardigar ", the " Prayer of Repentance " and the " Beloved God Prayer ," are recited morning and evening at his samadhi in India and are often recited at gatherings.

Concepts of Meher Baba's philosophy, often including characters resembling Baba, have frequently appeared in works of comic book writer J. M. DeMatteis, including Dr.

Many were of the Cappa e spada ( swashbuckler ) variety, though they often feature well-known characters such as Ali Baba, Julius Caesar, Ulysses, Cleopatra, The Three Musketeers, Theseus, Perseus, Achilles, Robin Hood, Sandokan, El Cid, etc.

Baba Yaga often acts as a villain in Polish and Russian fairy tales

Baba means " old woman " or " grandmother " in most Slavic languages ; it derives from babytalk and often has come to have pejorative connotations in modern Slavic languages.

* Guru Nanak, the universal enlightener and founder of sikhism, often known as " Baba Nanak " or " Babaji "

The area is also often referred to simply as " Baba ".

The surrounding area of Takadanobaba is often referred to as " Baba ".

" Baba Booey " as a term has become a mantra for fans of The Howard Stern Show and is often used during crank calls to live network television or radio broadcasts.

* " Baba O ' Riley ", the 1971 song by the English rock band The Who, is often called " Teenage Wasteland " after the phrase repeated throughout the song

Quick Draw was often accompanied by his deputy, a Mexican burro called Baba Looey ( voiced by Daws Butler and his name being a word play on Desi Arnaz's hit song called " Babalu ").

Koray continues to record and perform in Turkey to this day, and in Turkish music circles is often referred to as Erkin Baba (" Erkin the Father ") for his pioneering influence on Turkish popular music.

Some of the poets whose compositions are often sung include Baba Farid, Bulleh Shah, Shah Hussain, Waris Shah, and Mian Muhammad Bakhsh.

This is a parody of the phrase " teenage wasteland " which is a line from ( and is often mistaken to be the title of ) the The Who song " Baba O ' Riley ".

The Indian mystic and sage Meher Baba ( 1894 – 1969 ) often used the expression " Don't worry, be happy " when cabling his followers in the West.

Amir's father, a wealthy merchant, whom Amir affectionately refers to as Baba, loves both boys, but is often more harshly critical of Amir, considering him weak and lacking in courage.

Baba Ramdev is often depicted on horseback.

As folklore often goes there are different versions of the Baba Marta tale.

" Stern encourages listeners to interrupt high-profile political and media events and give him publicity, often shouting " Baba Booey ," the nickname of Stern's producer, Gary Dell ' Abate, as a codeword.

Baba remarked to her, " I am the Fakir of fakirs and the Emperor of emperors!

The British press highlighted these meetings, but an aide to Gandhi said, " You may say emphatically that Gandhi never asked Meher Baba for help or for spiritual or other advice.

The Who performed at the Super Bowl XLIV half-time show on 7 February 2010, playing a medley of songs that included " Pinball Wizard ", " Who Are You ", " Baba O ' Riley ", " See Me Feel Me " and " Won't Get Fooled Again ".

In July 2008, Anders was featured on two of download singles by Sound-Chateau, " Ibiza Baba Baya " and " For You ".

The song samples several other songs including the keyboard component of The Who's song " Baba O ' Riley ," the organ from the introduction to Deep Purple song " Child in Time ", a drum break from Tommy Roe's " Sweet Pea ", drums and guitars from a break from Pigmeat Markham's " Here Comes the Judge ", a line from The Sugarhill Gang's song " Rapper's Delight " where Big Bank Hank raps " a time to laugh, a time to cry ", and a vocal sample from Peter Sellers featuring Fred Flange's song " You Keep Me Swingin '" featuring Sellers talking about " rhythm and melody ".

The album also makes use of Townshend's earlier song " Who Are You " which is sampled on the track " Meher Baba M4 ( Signal Box )".

Some of these experiments were released as " Baba O ' Riley " that year and as " Who Are You " in 1978.

*" Meher Baba M4 ( Signal Box )": a heavier track that sounds similar to " Who Are You ", though this song undoubtedly features overdubs recorded by the musicians Townshend employed for Psychoderelict.

He wrote scores for the films Sitting Pretty, Broadway Through a Keyhole, We're Not Dressing, She Loves Me Not, Shoot the Works, College Rhythm, Love in Bloom, Paris in the Spring, Stolen Harmony, Two for Tonight, Collegiate, Stowaway, Poor Little Rich Girl, Ali Baba Goes to Town, Wake Up and Live, You Can't Have Everything, Head Over Heels, Love and Kisses, Four Jacks and a Jill and Love Finds Andy Hardy.

The band played a medley of their hits, consisting of " Pinball Wizard ", " Baba O ' Riley ", " Who Are You ", " See Me, Feel Me ", and " Won't Get Fooled Again " ( three of these songs are also the themes for the CSI TV series, which air on CBS, just like Super Bowl XLIV did ).

Baba assured her, " You have no idea how happy you have made me with your singing.

Patting her bowed head, Baba gestured, " You are most blessed.

Musically, the audience responded most fervently to The Who, roaring as they came on stage with a roiling " Who Are You ", drowning out the band on the famous " It's only teenage wasteland " refrain of " Baba O ' Riley ," and reaching a peak of excitement with " Won't Get Fooled Again.

* The Who-Performance: " Who Are You ", " Baba O ' Riley ", " Behind Blue Eyes " " Won't Get Fooled Again "

Some followers speculate that " the Word " will yet be " spoken ," or that Meher Baba did break his silence but in a spiritual rather than a physical way.

In the statement Baba proclaimed himself " one with the infinite source of everything ," and declared his intention to break his silence: " When I speak, my original message will be delivered to the world and it will have to be accepted ".

Baba indicated that his automobile accidents and the suffering that attended them were, like his silence, purposeful and brought about by his will.

In the Talmud Baba Bathra 74b it is told that the Leviathan will be slain and its flesh served as a feast to the righteous in Time to Come, and its skin used to cover the tent where the banquet will take place.

The Baba Yaga will grant him death only through Hellboy's destruction, but in Hellboy, Koschei's soul is hidden in an egg, inside a duck, inside a hare, inside a goat.

Amir feels life would be easier if Hassan were not around, so he plants a watch and some money under Hassan's mattress in hopes that Baba will make him leave ; Hassan falsely confesses when confronted by Baba.

But she demanded an exorbitant fee, and at the time, Baba informed Adi: " Don't call her now ; one day she herself will come.

Begum Akhtar pleaded, and Baba replied, " I will give my permission only on the condition that you agree to come to Poona and give a performance of four to five hours at Guruprasad on any day in April or May.

Another version of this story is that the son of Baba Dochia marries with a girl against her will.

Baba pleads with her that killing Juan will not cure what ails her.

One day Baba was preaching a king on how one can live even after his / her death and advocated, person who hardened the body by subjecting to intense religious zeal attains unity with Almighty and the body won ’ t decay and will be alive until the Day of Judgement.

" He should join a political party and see if they will vote him in ," Baba declared.

The SDL, which presently has only one Indo-Fijian in its Parliamentary caucus and attracted less than one percent of the Indo-Fijian vote in 2001, has announced that it will contest all 19 communal constituencies reserved for Indo-Fijians, with General Secretary Jale Baba saying that the party is " confident " of winning most of them.