Melody Beattie Quotes
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't think it's necessary to shout if you have a good story. But I also don't think you should shy away from being bold in the statement that you're making.
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The niqab, for some, has become an antiestablishment symbol around which one can rally and relish in the opportunities for confrontation that it provides.
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I love to play different roles. That's just the kind of actor I am.
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The list of my favorite experiences would almost equal the list of plays I've been in. There are a few exceptions, but out of politeness I'm not going to mention them. If you don't have a few stinkers, you can't appreciate the good ones.
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Fiction is optimistic or unrealistic enough to demand that there should be a meaningful narrative.
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The truth is that technology is only valuable if it helps you run your organization better.
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Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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I have disassociated myself from that book.
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I think the difficult thing is the transition between TV competition series and going into the actual music industry. There still seems to be a slight disconnect there.
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If one girl with courage is a revolution, imagine what feats we can achieve together.
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I am lactose intolerant, and I always thought it was really funny how people who are lactose intolerant continue to eat dairy, because they like it so much. And I find it not acceptable.
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There are stereotypes that have been out there for a long time that tell girls that their main asset, the main thing that they are valued for, is their appearance and also that it's to the exclusion of anything else.
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I do not like to get the news, because there has never been an era when so many things were going so right for so many of the wrong persons.
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Each year I host a leadership summit in my district, and my biggest advice to young people is get experience. Get your foot in the door.
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In the United States, large corporations control some members of Congress. All this does is delay the corporation's funeral at our expense.
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The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.
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In art and life we're always reading bodies and behaviors (and skies and skylines or whatever), constructing brief and shifting coherences, and I guess I want to capture that process of characterization and re-characterization instead of offering up a few stable, easily-summarized individuals.
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Reality is created by the mind, we can change our reality by changing our mind.
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We're here to implement that vision. We're not here to change it.
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If you want to make a movie, make it. Don't wait for a grant, don't wait for the perfect circumstances, just make it.
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Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
