Jon Kabat-Zinn Quotes
Mindfulness is often spoken of as the heart of Buddhist meditation. It's not about Buddhism, but about paying attention. That's what all meditation is, no matter what tradition or particular technique is used.
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I am a proud Zionist. I can tell you about every blossom that grows in this land. I know the history and the Bible.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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For every athlete, it is very important to be able to engage in their favorite thing, give all the best in training, performing in competitions, defending the honor of the motherland.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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Can anyone understand how it is to have lived in the White House and then, suddenly, to be living alone as the President's widow?
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In my next life, I want to be a housecat. Naps all the time!
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When people go through tragic circumstances, it's not that there is no love there, but it's so hard to deal with and sometimes the gap starts to happen.
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Never thought acting was something you could make a living at. It wasn't until I was in college, and got a lead in a play, that I began to realize I might just be able to blunder into this profession.
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My experience in Iraq made me realize, and during the recovery, that I could have died. And I just had to do more with my life.
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It is not necessary that whilst I live I live happily; but it is necessary that so long as I live I should live honourably.
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I think that when something happens when you're growing up, like a death or divorce, it does open the world slightly because things aren't as straightforward.
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I'm somebody who likes codes and ciphers and chases and artwork and architecture, and all the things you find in a Robert Langdon thriller.
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Humor is an antidote to all ills.
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Not the fruit of experience, but experience itself, is the end.
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In any case, his judgment and set of values, acting alone or through his assistants, determine not only what is gold and what is dross but the design of the history which he creates out of the metal. The historian decides what is significant, and what is not.
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US presidents can make all the commitments and declarations they want until they are blue in the face, in the Muslim world they will always be perceived as partisan.
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Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.
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A man of truth must also be a man of care.
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The thirst for knowledge is like a piece of ass you know you shouldn't chase; in the end, you chase it just the same.
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I see Baccarat in major gateway cities like Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong and exotic resort locations.
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Empty heads, cognitive science has taught us, learn nothing. The powerful cultural and personal flexibility of our species is owed at least in part to our starting off so well-informed; we are good learners because we know what to pay attention to and what questions are the right ones to ask.
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Mindfulness is often spoken of as the heart of Buddhist meditation. It's not about Buddhism, but about paying attention. That's what all meditation is, no matter what tradition or particular technique is used.
