Thich Nhat Hanh (Nhat Hanh) Quotes
Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.
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All institutions have lapses, even great ones, especially by individual rogue employees - famously in recent years at 'The Washington Post,' 'The New York Times,' and the three original TV networks.
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Most Americans, like most Japanese, view their dogs, cats, and other animal companions as family members, and rightly so.
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Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away- and leaves behind only silence.
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A man is what he thinks about all day long.
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Predominantly I'm an Adidas guy who walks around in sports gear all the time because there's always a ball right next to me somewhere. I do a lot of sports, but I do enjoy wearing a lot of suits.
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We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida.
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I can't see how I'd learn to be a better actor from reading reviews.
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You can take the boy out of Bombay; you can't take Bombay out of the boy, you know.
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'The Outsiders' died on the vine being sold as a drugstore paperback.
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The job as a coach is difficult.
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I think it's important to experience kindness so that you can experience it more in the future. I believe that patterns of emotional behavior are set down before adolescence. And I think that if you have not observed kindness, you will not recognize it. You have to experience kindness in order to be kind.
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It's good - it's great when somebody who is 20 years younger than you comes up and says, 'Wow, we just got turned on to you guys, and you're really great,' or something like that. I like that.
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What a pity human beings can't exchange problems. Everyone knows exactly how to solve the other fellow's.
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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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People ask if I walk around and pinch myself. Yes, I do.
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Writers are so important.
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You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.
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I faced quite a few challenging times, and in front of those, I was more positive than some people not facing those conditions. I'm actually of the belief now that it is that struggle that offers you that open-hearted hope.
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The Church is not fully Church if it lacks dialogue.
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I think that what's perceived as punk out in shopping malls or in chain stores or on MTV has almost nothing to do with what punk is about.
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Police have to have one of the most difficult jobs in society today. But at the same time, I think, a person in that position - their responsibility has to be high as well.
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I have always like doing accents; I find it much easier to get into character for me.
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When I was young, all the politicians looked like ancient Latin teachers or greengrocers. They were mumbly, stumbly men with their hair blowing in their eyes, walking into trees, opening the wrong door. They had no idea how to present themselves.
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Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.
