Debbie Ford Quotes
By relinquishing your obsession with the past and your fantasies about the future, you can tap into the power of the present and feel the force of love that resides inside of you.
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The great philosophers and the great works are standards for the selection of what is essential. Everything that we do in studying the history of philosophy ultimately serves their better understanding.
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I am healthy and happy.
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I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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We see entrepreneurship and small businesses and supply chains as a critical part of the economic growth and competitiveness agenda.
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Bill Clinton left office with a more than 60% approval rating.
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It's such a weird thing: to sit and look at yourself is so distracting to the psyche. It would be like me standing in front of a mirror and looking at myself all day, trying to find a flaw.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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I didn't know what a stockbroker was when I was eight, but I would just tell everybody that's what I was going to be.
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I was born a proud daughter of Pakistan, though like all Swatis I thought of myself first as a Swati and Pashtun, before Pakistani.
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The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.
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Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
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It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
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Paris can be like the land of the Lotus-Eaters. You can't leave.
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It's difficult to believe that Al Gore was oblivious to the existing laws. He has to respond at some point.
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You are doomed to make choices. This is life's greatest paradox.
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One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.
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We did it Disneyland, in the knowledge that most of the people I talked to thought it would be a financial disaster - closed and forgotten within the first year.
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I wanted the influence. In the end I wasn't very good at being a president. I looked out of the window and thought that the man cutting the lawn actually seemed to have more control over what he was doing.
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I only wish Chet Atkins could be here for this joyous occasion.
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I lived somebody else's life. It was never about me, it was really about him on every level.
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For most of the wild things on earth, the future must depend on the conscience of mankind.
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Aspen tree, your leaves glance white into the dark.
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Cus was my father but he was more than a father. You can have a father and what does it mean?—it doesn't really mean anything. Cus was my backbone . . . . He did everything for my best interest . . . . We'd spend all our time together, talk about things that, later on, would come back to me. Like about character, and courage. Like the hero and the coward: that the hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It's the same thing, fear, but it's what you do with it that matters.
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By relinquishing your obsession with the past and your fantasies about the future, you can tap into the power of the present and feel the force of love that resides inside of you.
