John Grogan Quotes
Living organically is my way of feeling connected to the earth and my own humanity. It's how I feel balanced and at peace with the planet.
Quotes to Explore
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The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef; love, like being enlivened with champagne.
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The philosophers of the Middle Ages demonstrated both that the Earth did not exist and also that it was flat. Today they are still arguing about whether the world exists, but they no longer dispute about whether it is flat.
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Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
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I'm the first to admit that the resolution of a hand feeling the belly doesn't compare with the resolution of a CAT scan scanning the belly, but only my hand can say that it hurts at this spot and not at this spot. Only my hand can say that.
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The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace.
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Scientists didn't discover the noble gas helium - the second most common element in the universe - on Earth until 1895. And they thought it existed in minute quantities only, until miners found a huge underground cache in Kansas in 1903.
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You have another little drink, and I'll have another little drink, and maybe we can work up some real family feeling here.
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I go where the material is, and I feel like I'm looking for really strong directors. That's the key ingredient. There are some directors I would move the sun and earth for, or stop the rotation of the planets, just to work with them.
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Looking back, there is nothing wrong with that peace, love and equality that the hippies espoused. In many ways, we have regressed because they were into organic food, back to nature, make love not war, be good to all men, share and share alike - which is what many are talking about now.
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I'm not an isolated person. The more I connect to people, the more I have the feeling that things work.
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Nothing is better than peace, by which all warfare of heavenly and earthly foes is brought to naught.
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I had been feeling a little rum. I didn't think it was anything serious because years ago I felt a lump and it was benign. I assumed this would be too. It kind of takes the wind out of your sails, and I don't know what the future holds, if anything.
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The true object of war fought for God should always be peace.
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We are learning more about the humanity of the unborn child. Science and truth support the prolife movement.
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I'm a mom, so I have to be comfortable. Jeans are a staple - I have way too many in my closet! It's warm in Florida, so I wear jeans and a tank top every day. I love my True Religions, my Rich and Skinny, and Citizens of Humanity. But I also love getting dressed up!
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Hobbits are an unobtrusive but very ancient people, more numerous formerly than they are today; for they love peace and quiet and good tilled earth: a well-ordered and well-farmed countryside was their favourite haunt.
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I've always been aware of my health - when you are having to go on stage and perform, you need to be feeling good - but when I was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, I became really, really conscious of my health.
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Seeing family is what brings me peace. If I'm not traveling home on my day off, I love going to Central Park to be around trees and throw a Frisbee with my boyfriend.
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The number of saints, a synod without desire, From God the divine prophesy. In every tongue they compose, About the earth they were, And so many wisely prophesied Christ, and before he was, they were.
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I grew up watching Monday Night Football with Howard Cosell and the other guys with my dad.
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Obviously all writers, all artists, have their own internal critics; as they write they are being self-critical.
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During my time as a political strategist, one of the most vexing problems was figuring out why so many people vote against their perceived interests.
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A new generation dedicated more than the last to the fear of poverty and the worship of success; grown up to find all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken...
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Living organically is my way of feeling connected to the earth and my own humanity. It's how I feel balanced and at peace with the planet.
