Joni Mitchell (Roberta Joan Mitchell) Quotes
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I would be pleased if someone would invent a pill to remove my impatience, moodiness, and occasional bursts of anger. But if they did, I wouldn't be able to write my novels or paint.
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I love being a mom. But there's a certain kind of tedium to your life when your kid is young. Writing allows you to wander when your kid is napping in a crib ten feet away. So that's the great joy of writing fiction for me.
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A lot of people seem to feel that joy is only the most intense version of pleasure, arrived at by the same road - you simply have to go a little further down the track. That has not been my experience.
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I dance. A lot. I work grief and sadness out of my body when I dance, and I bring in joy and rhythm.
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It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.
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Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible - it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could.
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Praised be the fathomless universeFor life and joy and for objects and knowledge curious;And for love, sweet love-But praise! O praise and praiseFor the sure-enwinding arms of cool-enfolding Death.
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And as, in ethics, Evil is a consequence of Good, so, in fact, out of Joy is sorrow born. Either the memory of past bliss is the anguish of to-day, or the agonies which are, have their origin in the ecstasies which might have been.
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Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, And in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. Not in the morning alone, not only at mid-day he charmeth; Even at setting, the sun is still the same glorious planet.
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It's always great to see young swimmers and their excitement and the joy that they have in the water.
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I'm always just looking to get back to the joy of playing music, and keeping it simple, as much as I can.
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It doesn't matter how your child comes to you. I've never felt such joy and such love. It's the most beautiful delicious little thing.
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There's a certain amount of joy in playing a character in the moment and not knowing what's going to roll out as it goes on. It's a bit like life, in a way.
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Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace.
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Even though we sometimes would not get a thing, we were happy with the joy the day would bring.
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There is no joy in the soul that has forgotten what God prizes.
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The eyes mirror the heart of a person. An entire life can be seen through them. Love, sorrow, deceit, pain. If you look closely, it’s all there.
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Suffering is an oxymoron. There is unfathomable peace and satisfaction in suffering for Christ. It is as though you have searched endlessly for your purpose in life and now found it in the most unexpected place: In the death of your flesh. It is certainly a moment worth of laughter and dance. And in the end it is not suffering at all. The apostle Paul recommended that we find joy in it. Was he mad?
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In principle and in practice, in a right track and in a wrong one, the rarest of all human qualities is consistency.
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Only you know your circumstances, your energy level, the needs of your children, and the emotional demands of your other obligations. Be wise during intensive seasons of your life. Cherish your agency, and don’t give it away casually. Don’t compare yourself to others — nearly always this will make you despondent. Don’t accept somebody else’s interpretation of how you should be spending your time. Make the best decision you can and then evaluate it to see how it works.
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With every character, the first thing I want to feel is empathy.
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Friends always forget those whom fortune forsakes.
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When 5150 came out rock was king. Post Nirvana and Pearl Jam 1996 is a different story.
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I paint my joy and I sing my sorrow.
