Jonas Mekas Quotes
In a meadow full of flowers, you cannot walk through and breathe those smells and see all those colors and remain angry. We have to support the beauty, the poetry, of life.
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Whatever work you do, you think are you doing this for the good of the nation? That's the basic training. The other basic training is discipline. Your life should be disciplined. The other thing they say is what work you get, do it well.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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As far as control and stuff is concerned, I never had any more in my life than for that All-Star game in 1934.
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I want to love life.
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I still call Texas home. It is where I spent most of my life growing up.
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I have been a film buff all my life and believe that the finest cinema is fully the equal of the best novels.
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Energy is necessary for economic growth, for a better quality of life, and for human progress.
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My view is that when in doubt, society should err on the side of life.
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Seventh and eighth grade? That's the worst. I think it's the lowest point of life. All I remember is painful acne and terrible clothes. And lots of getting dumped.
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I have the time needed to support the album and tour.
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Poetry and beauty are always making peace. When you read something beautiful you find coexistence; it breaks walls down.
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Life is one long jubilee.
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I am pro-choice, but I don't consider that inconsistent at all with pro-life - there's no way that having an abortion, ever, is an easy decision, and it more often errs on the side of absolutely wrenching, not to mention physically debilitating.
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I never had any social life, just played the piano and studied, studied, studied.
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Irrelevance is the feeling that an employee gets when they don't see how their job really makes a difference in someone else's life in some large or small way.
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Generally, it is human endeavour to have young people lead, and you see that in public life in the U.S. and everywhere.
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The year that 'Lost' started and premiered was, without a doubt, the most miserable year of my life. The level of despair and anguish that I was feeling; I was clinically depressed, and anyone that you talked to who knew me at the time will tell you that.
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Quite simply, if you're feeling anxious, angry, a sense of shame, whatever it is, breathe in and agree to touch or feel it. Breathing out, offer space and care to whatever's there. If there's blocking to touching it, emphasize the in-breath and stay embodied.
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New York is a fantastic city.
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Treaties, agreements and organizations to help settle disputes may be necessary, but they often favor the interests of business over citizens.
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I love being on the periphery with a group of people who have the same values that I do. People who don't get off on fame, who just like the process of making movies and thrive.
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I had been drawing my weekly comic strip, 'Life in Hell,' for about five years when I got a call from Jim Brooks, who was developing 'The Tracey Ullman Show' for the brand-new Fox network. He wanted me to come in and pitch an idea for doing little cartoons on that show.
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Public radio has always been so powerless.
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In a meadow full of flowers, you cannot walk through and breathe those smells and see all those colors and remain angry. We have to support the beauty, the poetry, of life.
