Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes
A lot of harm has come in all eras from people attached to one view of 'spiritual' truth.
Quotes to Explore
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I try and spend a lot of time with my kids. I try and have fun with my kids. I try to put father time in there.
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I'm a big advocate of revisions, of living with something for a month and then realizing what needs changing, what was lazy, what could be better.
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In seventh and eighth grade, grammar and vocabulary were not my favorite subjects.
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
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The only time I really eat out is when I'm on the road. Then, I make the same choices that I would make at home - salmon and lots of oily fish and veggies.
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I received my parents' permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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The differences between revolution in art and revolution in politics are enormous. Revolution in art lies not in the will to destroy but in the revelation of what has already been destroyed. Art kills only the dead.
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We can have a World War, I see absolutely no reason why we shouldn't have a World Party.
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At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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I want do a Mandarin language movie. It'll probably be the next movie I do after the one I do next.
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Badly constructed houses do for the healthy what badly constructed hospitals do for the sick. Once insure that the air in a house is stagnant, and sickness is certain to follow.
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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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I actually started playing in little cafes around New York, and I have a lot of good friends of mine who are musicians who are struggling in New York.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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We always had money problems. Sometimes I would lie awake at night wondering how to pay the rent.
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I believe that life is a journey towards God, and that no one has the right to insist that you go a certain road.
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I always like to find those little mom-and-pop sandwich places, or diners. Those are my favorite kind of places.
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My first job was as a groundskeeper at the local ballpark in the town where I grew up. There was a lot of down time, and I got to drive tractor, so it was pretty good gig. I've also taught creative writing, dabbled in reviewing and journalism, and toiled as a screenwriter.
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Everybody knows they're on the Obama team: There isn't vice presidential vs. presidential division, there's not a generational pull. People have internalized that this is a real moment in history.
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Southern Jews is good Jews. It the Yankees I worry about.
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A lot of harm has come in all eras from people attached to one view of 'spiritual' truth.
