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 really is no different in the way that we make records and shoot music videos. I don't think of the movie as being a great leap out of my current profession.
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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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What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in other shows. Everybody knows you're opening and cares about you. There's a real village atmosphere.
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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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You can almost convince yourself that you've accomplished things just by thinking about them. The alternative is to be more realistic. You don't necessarily regard the dreaming process as bad or an obstacle, but it's not realistic enough.
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I've been watching 'The Cosby Show' and 'Roseanne' a lot right now, and those work so well because they're not, like, jokey comedies; they are coming from real characters. We want our show to be like that. A family show.
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A live performance is the same no matter what genre it is. Wrestling, rock 'n roll, hosting, acting - it's the same thing.
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One of my great values that my father intuited, and indirectly taught me, is that you should always have a plan but be open to opportunity.
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We all look in the mirror and name the things that we don't like about ourselves or wish we could change. Instead, name the good things and focus on that!
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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.
