Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes
The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.
Quotes to Explore
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You know when you're 14 and terrified to talk to a girl? I didn't suffer much from that. It seemed very natural to me to talk to girls.
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Anything you're interested in the world - whether it be Charlie Rose or JetBlue or a public figure or your local coffee shop - they're on Twitter and broadcasting what is interesting to them.
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A perfectly straight shot with a big club is a fluke.
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When I graduated from university I tried to buy a beeper, and it cost me $250. My pay at the time was $10 a month.
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The average Indian doesn't care about Hollywood movies because they have far too many movies of their own to watch, to miss, and I hope a story like 'Million Dollar Arm,' that is actually about India and deals with these two Indian kids, resonates over there and makes people want to go and see the movie.
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The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
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I think everything we do, on one level or another, as writers, most of our writing is informed by our world view.
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I have written a picture book that is based on my daughters. You know, my youngest one likes to tell everybody, 'Mommy wrote 'Best Day Ever' about us.' Which is true.
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When this space walk will be completed, then the arm will be fully operational and ready for the next activity that will be pretty much the testing, the first flight testing of the space station arm.
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I don't like to Google myself. I try and avoid it whenever I can.
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It should take you 15 minutes to make a song, and then get out of there.
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I was a huge 'Street Fighter' fan, and I actually still am. The only game I really was good at was 'Street Fighter.'
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When my husband is away and I'm by myself, my neighbours will insist I eat with them every single night because they see it as unhealthy to eat by yourself.
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The names of common flowers change from decade to decade, so I spent a lot of time with old outdated dictionaries, with awful flower names like 'mouse-eared chickweed.'
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Global terror does not respect national boundaries.
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Yashpal, writing in the nineteen-fifties, sought to indict this culture of men, Hindus and Muslims alike, who value their freedom and power over the rights and lives of women.
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The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every calling, is diligence.
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We're becoming so much better at destigmatizing all sorts of things, including mental illness in 'Silver Linings.'
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Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.
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Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game.
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I think with 'Modern Family,' you'll struggle to find anything better. It's brilliantly, brilliantly written.
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Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.
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Those who advocate devaluation are calling for a reduction in the wage levels and the real wage standards of every member of the working class.
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The real meditation practice is how we live our lives from moment to moment to moment.
