Jane Roberts Quotes
An illness is a failure to solve a mental or psychological problem in the correct manner . . . The energy that would be used to solve the problem instead is spent maintaining the illness. It is therefore necessary that an attempt be made as soon as possible to solve the problem, which of course must first be discovered by the ego, which has avoided it.
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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I like Dolce & Gabbana's fragrance Light Blue - it's my everyday perfume.
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No, I'm not a horse better. Every once in a while somebody will give me a sure thing and of course it's not.
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We have to challenge the whole idea that it's acceptable for a society like Britain to have such a significant number of people who do not work one day of the week and don't have any possibility of improving the quality of their lives.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It's the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And that someone else's pain is as meaningful as your own.
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My voice is not good enough for me to sing a song.
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I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.
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There are epic downsides to living a somewhat public life. The upshot of that is there's nothing to hide. It's a relief in a way. There's nothing about me that can't be said.
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To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness.
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Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition.
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I definitely look up to Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins, and J.K. Rowling.
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People want entertainment, a whole night of it, a whole experience.
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Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business; in science only one thing matters, and that is the facts.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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I did a movie called 'Quicksand No Escape' with Donald Sutherland and Tim Matheson. I think I was maybe 5. I was really little. Yeah, it was fun. And actually, Felicity Huffman played my mom.
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I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
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Sound is a huge influence on peoples' attention.
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As a divorced parent, working with Dr.Walfish has been a gift. Due to her thoughtful, sensitive and highly educated guidance, I have become a far more aware parent. For over five years, I have applied her practical and customized suggestions, and––wow––it has allowed my amazing daughter and me to grow together.
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Anti-Americanism from abroad would not be such a problem if Americans were united in standing up for their own country.
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We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success.
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For two extraordinary years I have been working on it - learning to write - but mostly learning how to tell the truth. At first it is quite impossible. You make yourself better than anybody, then worse than anybody, and when you finally come to see you are "like" everybody - that is the bitterest blow of all to the ego. But in the end it is only the truth, no matter how ugly or shameful, that is right, that fits together, that makes real people, and strangely enough - beauty.
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Your kids need your love and attention, and being able to devote myself to them is very fulfilling. As I get older, spending time with my daughters makes things much easier. You learn to put your ego aside.
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An illness is a failure to solve a mental or psychological problem in the correct manner . . . The energy that would be used to solve the problem instead is spent maintaining the illness. It is therefore necessary that an attempt be made as soon as possible to solve the problem, which of course must first be discovered by the ego, which has avoided it.
