Fritz Perls Quotes
A thousand plastic flowers don't make a desert bloom. A thousand empty faces don't fill an empty room".
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In the late 1960s, I ended up in Telluride, Colorado. It wasn't like the country club that it is now. It was very raw. Skiing was there, but snowboarders have now entirely overrun it.
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So I went into government with a clear mind about what the problems were, and what needed to be done.
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There's nothing that can replace quality programs in a non-profit.
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The Church does not pretend to be scientists. It teaches based upon what science tells it.
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Mum asks why I am so often cast in adulterous roles. I think it must be because I am fairly flirty.
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Where there is humility, there is more success, and lasting success.
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The overwhelming number of police officers in Chicago are doing good work under difficult conditions. They put their lives on the line every day in situations none of us can fully comprehend or appreciate.
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God has taken away the greatest man of his generation, for Dr. Livingstone stood alone.
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Water boarding: Is that like snowboarding?! 12.
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Those who think the information brought out at a criminal trial is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth are fools. Prosecuting or defending a case is nothing more than getting to those people who will talk for your side, who will say what you want said.
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Tell people that war is an evil, and they will laugh; for who does not know it? Tell them that patriotism is an evil, and most of them will agree, but with a reservation. 'Yes,' they will say, 'wrong patriotism is an evil; but there is another kind, the kind we hold.' But just what this good patriotism is, no one explains.
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Actually, I was having dinner with Michael (Stipe, of R.E.M.) when our second album went platinum, which up until that point was the highest success we'd ever had. And he turned to me during dinner and said, 'Welcome to the deep waters, kid.' I'll never forget that.
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Adam named the living animals, MaddAddam names the dead ones.
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In some ways I was curt because there's an unbelievable amount to accomplish in a day.
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I never know how much of what I say is true.
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Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.
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The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
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All generalizations are false, including this one.
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To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary to follow, in order to lead.
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I believe that when death closes our eyes we shall awaken to a light, of which our sunlight is but the shadow.
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'Close To The Edge,' we actually had played it from beginning to end before we recorded it in the studio. So we knew how long it was, and we knew it would fit on the album fine, so we didn't do any editing.
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I maintain by going to spin four or five days a week. I love that I can get a solid butt-kicking in 40 minutes. I also strength train two or three times a week.
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A thousand plastic flowers don't make a desert bloom. A thousand empty faces don't fill an empty room".
