Thich Nhat Hanh (Nhat Hanh) Quotes
Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.
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As far as religion goes, I feel like everyone should have their own one-on-one with God.
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
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You begin to realize that the genius of our country is the constant push to be more inclusive and find new ways of engaging everyone.
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I studied Morse code.
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There is no one looking out for us. We are all alone.
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I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.
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It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.
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Always, if you win mentally, you can win physically as well.
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Early in the morning, it's super tough for me to eat right away, but I still need energy for practice. I try to start out with a protein smoothie, a green juice, or some sort of fruit.
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There are a lot of musicians in my life. But movies came first for me. That was my original passion.
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Some musicians I know are incredible fathers. Like Keith Richards. A fantastic dad.
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If you're governor of a state, and you have nothing to say when the president attacks the people that you represent, you are complicit.
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Sometimes when you're drunk you can see better.
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Ours is one continued struggle against degradation sought to be inflicted upon us by the European, who desire to degrade us to the level of the raw Kaffir, whose occupation is hunting and whose sole ambition is to collect a certain number of cattle to buy a wife with, and then pass his life in indolence and nakedness.
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I guess that I'm primarily thought of as a rocker, largely because of 'Frankenstein' being such a heavy song - you know, it was really hard rock, almost a precursor of heavy metal and just the image of the synthesizer. I happened to be the first guy to get the idea of putting a strap on the keyboard.
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When you're rich you don't write checks.
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I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written.
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Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't come into the world.
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It is our right to stay here and we will stay and stand up for what belongs to us as American citizens, because they can't say that we haven't had patience.
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The pace at which people are taking to digital technology defies our stereotypes of age, education, language and income.
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I don't know how to cook. I work a lot. So, for me, then, it's important to find a man who can cook. Who will make the house a home more than I can.
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My father is my biggest literary influence. Recently, I've been looking through his letters. He was in the National Guard when I was a child, and whenever he left, he would write to me. He wrote letters to me all through college, and we still correspond. His letters, and my mother's, are one of my life's treasures.
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Our music is a get-up music. Get you up music, uplift your spirit. That's what I'm trying to give you.
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Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.
