Joan Halifax Quotes
Many of us think that compassion drains us, but I promise you it is something that truly enlivens us.
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I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration.
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That crossover of whether it's entertainment or news is the biggest crock of b.s. in television today, because it's all entertainment.
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Ultimately, the only people who are in any way edified by hanging with famous people are you at the age of 11 and your mom.
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Age has been the perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.
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If I were the president, I would tape everything that is said around me and what I said, because we know how sometimes things get misconstrued.
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The mood in which my book was conceived and executed, was in fact to some extent a passing one.
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I'm not a morning person, but I've become one as the result of having kids. The morning is my private time to spend with my boys.
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I plan to go to university - but for sure, acting is what I want to do. It's a hard business, but I believe in my heart that I'll be doing it for a very long time.
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Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
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I would sort out all the arguments and see which belonged to fear and which to creativeness. Other things being equal, I would make the decision which had the larger number of creative reasons on its side.
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We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game.
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Our worst comes out when we behave like robots or professionals.
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I want to continue to remain present and grateful each day that I get to be doing what I love. Making and performing music I believe in.
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Blackbeard is probably the most infamous pirate who ever lived. He's one of those characters for which most of your work is done before you start.
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If you're looking for the safe choice, you shouldn't be supporting a black guy named Barack Obama to be the next leader of the free world.
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Faith Hill is a big role model.
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Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true.
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I have had the good fortune to be able to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. I have enjoyed the freedom I had gained from building a successful business from scratch, making some money, and creating the lifestyle I wanted.
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If you are a genius and unsuccessful, everybody treats you as if you were a genius, but when you come to be successful, when you commence to earn money, when you are really successful, then your family and everybody no longer treats you like a genius, they treat you like a man who has become successful.
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British actors are renowned for being great villains in movies, like Bond films, all the rest of it.
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I want to be able to look my daughter’s teacher in the eye and say, ‘Your pension will be there.’ I need to know that her pension will match up with a promise we can keep
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Many of us think that compassion drains us, but I promise you it is something that truly enlivens us.
