Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes
Too much of the education system orients students toward becoming better thinkers, but there is almost no focus on our capacity to pay attention and cultivate awareness.
Quotes to Explore
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Being on 'The Vampire Diaries' feels almost like a game you play when you're a kid. When I was a kid, I used to have to take the garbage out at night on Wednesdays. I lived out in the country. I'd take the garbage out, and I used to pretend that I was the only person in the whole world, except for one other person, and he was looking for me.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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I was in a really crummy pop-punk band. I think we did a whole bunch of Blink-182 covers, and we were on the fringe of losers and jocks. So we invited all the cool kids to come watch us play in our bass player's brother's bedroom. And it was terrible, but everyone thought we were so cool.
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I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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When you were on stage, you could be absolutely open about your emotions and indulge them and express yourself in a way that - in real life - I wasn't doing.
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The greatest responsibility of the planner and architect, I believe, is the protection and development of our habitat.
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It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
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I am Gabrielle Anwar: mother, lover, daughter, sister, friend, and creator in the pursuit of happiness.
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Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
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I might be deceiving myself but I do not think that I do have an inordinate fear of death.
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Creme Brulee is the ultimate 'guy' dessert. Make it and he'll follow you anywhere.
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I don't really see myself as an actor.
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McCarthy emerged in the person of Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin.
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Yusuf Qaradawi is probably the most well-known legal authority in the whole Muslim world today.
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High Romanticism shows you nature in all its harsh and lovely metamorphoses. Flood, fire and quake fling us back to the primal struggle for survival and reveal our gross dependency on mammoth, still mysterious forces.
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This means a lot. I'm being recognized for all the blood, sweat and tears I put into a 17-year career.
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I usually meditate twice a day: Transcendental Meditation.
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Before the Internet became so powerful, I toured extensively. With the rise of the Internet, touring apparently has become less important.
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And it wasn't until '84 when I was first asked to come to Sweden and do an album and concert tour.
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They've listed my name in the dictionary - 'Imeldific' is used to mean ostentatious extravagance... But the truth will prevail.
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My wife says I'm making a noise like a stranded whale. I think I have a major snoring problem.
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I'm an attention freak. I want all the women in the world, and if I don't get them, I fall to the ground and start kicking my feet.
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Too much of the education system orients students toward becoming better thinkers, but there is almost no focus on our capacity to pay attention and cultivate awareness.
