Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
You are merely the lens in the beam. You can only receive, give, and possess the light as the lens does. If you seek yourself, you rob the lens of its transparency. You will know life and be acknowledged by it according to your degree of transparency - your capacity, that is, to vanish as an end and remain purely as a means.
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What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence.
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Even if you didn't lose your job, if you're one of the two-thirds of Ontarians who don't have a pension, you lost savings. Even if you've earned most of that back now, you are a changed person. You are less secure, less confident. And I understand that.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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Now I am not against widgets, those small third-party applications that people can put on their Web pages on social networks like Facebook and MySpace, in general.
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We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that.
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In life go straight and turn right.
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I want every day to be life for the living, not just traipsing through it existing. I'm just interested in life and the world and exploring.
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I'm tempted by everything. My husband makes fun of me because every day it's a new food that I love. I have a weakness for butterscotch pudding, ice cream in any flavor and dark chocolate, although that's one thing I do keep in my house - 70% dark chocolate.
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I love Dr. Hauschka's blue mascara. It's not so blue that it's like, 'What's wrong with you?' It's more like a secret that you're wearing it.
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The best piece of advice that my mother gave me is to never have a plan B. She told me to stick to plan A because if you have a plan B you will inevitably fall back on it.
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I have to have a cheat day. I know when I'm being good all week long that come Sunday, I'm going to lie by the pool, have a drink, and eat some pizza.
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While technology empowers us to remain connected all the time, it's up to us as people to decide when is it not appropriate to be connected... to opt out when you need to.
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The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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By the end of 2020, the only region of the world that will still have a lot of 2G connections may be Africa.
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Acting is an aesthetic career, which is annoying.
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I just lost interest in performing.
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I've been able to sell a number of pilots. Most have been based on my personal experience, so basically, my pitches have been like 'Sit-'n-Spin' pieces.
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Indians have a big problem with alcohol and drugs. I grew up with an admiration for their culture and was sensitive to their problems.
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Then in my heart a fear Cried out, 'A life - why, beautiful, why dead!' It was a mite that held itself most dear, So small I could have drowned it with a tear.
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Jacopo Belbo didnt understand that he had had his moment and that it would have to be enough for him, for all his life. Not recognizing it, he spent the rest of his days seeking something else, until he damned himself.
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Some of the metaphors you find in 'Wicked' - how those in power can exploit fear in others to maintain their power - I think, as Jews, we've seen that historically on more than one occasion.
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I'm gonna live where the green grass grows, watch my corn pop up in rows.Every night, be tucked in close to you.Raise our kids where the good Lord's blessed.Point our rocking chairs towards the west.Plan our dreams where the peaceful river flows.Where the green grass grows.
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You are merely the lens in the beam. You can only receive, give, and possess the light as the lens does. If you seek yourself, you rob the lens of its transparency. You will know life and be acknowledged by it according to your degree of transparency - your capacity, that is, to vanish as an end and remain purely as a means.
