Thich Nhat Hanh (Nhat Hanh) Quotes
		
	 
	
		
	
	
	
		Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Thich Nhat Hanh 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		If I hadn't spent many years trying to be as compassionate as Mother Teresa, as positive a thinker as W. Clement Stone, as prolific a writer as Stephen King, and as good a speaker as many of the legends I have studied, I would not be as successful as I am today. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack Canfield 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think fashion is actually very good training for being in the tech world, because it's all about moving on to the next thing, looking for the next thing, not getting stuck in the past. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Natalie Massenet 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I believe that communal admiration of individuals is healthy for society. It facilitates, in one way, the base of our universal standard, morals, but also publicly espouses the virtue of certain practices that are kind of like 'inherently good' in some kind of ideas of what the good is. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack Gleeson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have a really beautiful life right now, so there is no reason to be hostile. I'm a husband, a father and a man who tries to do the right thing in life and in my work. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ice Cube 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think one's history and past is important at a certain time in your life, especially as an artist, just to try to hone in on that. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Olivia d'Abo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love sparkly eyes for the holidays, especially New Year's Eve. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kat Graham 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		You want to know why there's a Texas Rangers? Well, here's the answer. You know how the six-gun came around? Well, here's the answer. You want to know why Mexicans allowed Americans to settle Texas in the first place? It was fear of Comanches. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				S. C. Gwynne 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If the world is an objective reality that exists independently of us, then humans themselves, even in their own eyes, are nothing more than objects, and their life stories merely a series of disconnected historical accidents, which they may wonder at, but which they themselves have nothing to do with. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Imre Kertesz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Honor wears different coats to different eyes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barbara Tuchman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm really obsessed with the past. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Fisher Stevens 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We have global interests, potential threats from elsewhere, North Korea, Iran, Taiwan Straits and the like. We must be prepared for any future threat. That is why it is important that this be a transition year, 2006. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ike Skelton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There has been a huge advance in technology, which has improved the safety of the cars incredibly, but there are still some heavy crash impacts and in certain circumstances there is still the chance of fire today. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jackie Stewart 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing to experience for himself what happened in Palestine. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Bashar al-Assad 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Those few people who do respond to the dire conditions of the future - journalists, environmentalists, behavioral scientists - tend not to be powerful. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				B. F. Skinner 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm sure that was the right step, even though, formally speaking, it may seem disadvantageous for a president to resign. But, looking into what is happening today and what is going to happen in the future, I think history will show I made the right decision. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Eduard Shevardnadze 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'll never forget the modelling shoot I did in the Bahamas on a pink sand beach at Harbour Island. It felt like I'd just landed in paradise; it was so beautiful. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Olga Kurylenko 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I do think that there is a hunger in the land for a vision of confessional Christianity that is robust, God-centered, tough-minded, able to address today and tomorrow and the next day, and comprehensive. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				D. A. Carson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		In a weird way, 'Veronica Mars' was my reaction to 'Freaks and Geeks' because 'Freaks and Geeks' was the show I wanted to write, the one I wanted to create, where there was no gimmick; you didn't have to have a teenage private eye. It was just these beautiful small stories about real kids. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		It's a testament to why he's been here 11 years. I think this one was a little more intense. I just felt the conviction behind it. . . . When he says it a certain way, it has some meaning behind it and today it felt different. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gary Sheffield 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		During the 1970s and 1980s, Congress distributed more than $60 billion to cities to make sure that what goes into toilets, industrial drains and street grates would not endanger human health. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Charles Duhigg 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I wanted to avoid, special IO for terminals. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		Our wedding plans please everybody as if we were fertilizing the earth and creating social luck. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Marge Piercy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Thich Nhat Hanh