Bernie Siegel Quotes
If we had no hope - for a cure, for winning the lottery, for falling in love, for the end of war, for being free of abuse, or for having food, warmth, clothing, and shelter - we would have no reason to go on. What you hope for doesn't matter, but rather the essence of hope itself.
Quotes to Explore
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I think people are able to relate to my appearance. They think of me as the girl next door.
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People are not really that forgiving when they pay for tickets to come see you and you don't show up.
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The idea was never for me to be a career bureaucrat or career technocrat; it was more about where I could implement ideas and reform programs.
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In life go straight and turn right.
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The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
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In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.
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I was raised by women. Now I'm raising women. I was always better around girls. I live in an all-female household. I even have two female dogs... It's funny how that turned out.
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The Palestinian election is something that was really a turning point. It's a mandate for peace.
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I love Japan, and Tokyo is my favorite city.
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You gotta give everybody a new trend a new wave, something new to do.
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Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics.
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Any time anyone makes a comic book into a movie, in some way, I think they have to kill the comic book.
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There is nothing wrong with a woman encouraging a man's advances, as long as they are in cash.
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I have very eclectic tastes.
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Poor privileged white men. Their stranglehold on power is slowly being loosened.
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My operas and my theatre works are very formal pieces.
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Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
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All a Jew has to do is recite a few proverbs or anecdotes to consider himself an expert on 'Jewishness.'
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The things that happen are an earthquake, another bomb in Iraq, some big jolt on Wall Street in oil prices, and then you have some new study on drought patterns from climate change. Or another little incremental improvement in photovoltaics. Where do those fit in to the daily stream? They don't.
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My only hope to receive love is to let you see who I am, then I may believe you.
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In Africa, we have the bush meat trade, which means that, on a very large scale, animals are being killed in the forests and sold in the cities as a luxury food.
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Gershwin inspired me very much. The concept of 'That Lucky Old Sun' was inspired by 'Rhapsody in Blue' - not influenced, but inspired.
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Getting comfortable again and being in a vocal booth on the opposite end of the spectrum, when you're normally the one tracking the vocals, is kind of scary.
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If we had no hope - for a cure, for winning the lottery, for falling in love, for the end of war, for being free of abuse, or for having food, warmth, clothing, and shelter - we would have no reason to go on. What you hope for doesn't matter, but rather the essence of hope itself.
