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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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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If one girl with courage is a revolution, imagine what feats we can achieve together.
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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 best experience that we have on Earth is the fact that we have scientific stations, weathering over stations down in the Antarctic for almost the entire 20th century to learn how to exist in exceedingly hazardous conditions; and the Moon is far more hazardous than Antarctica. At least they have water there.
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I'm just waiting for the day when my songs aren't flying. Because I kind of believe in Murphy's law - if something can go wrong, it eventually will.
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A million years went by quick.
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I like girls who want to get up and dance and don't mind singing in front of my family - you know, silly stuff. Some girls won't eat in front of boys or won't go bowling. They just want to go out and look pretty. I don't really get that. I want someone who is up for having a good time.
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Ignorance is kind of bliss.
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I don't wish my career on anyone.
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I had to sit in front of all these people, and act like I knew what I was doing. I faked my way through it pretty well.
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Just think of the illimitable abundance and the marvelous loveliness of light, or of the beauty of the sun and moon and stars.
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I did notice growing up that there are so many things, obstacles and things, that people think you can't do because you're Muslim or because you're wearing a hijab. You hear a lot of no's. That was something that I wanted to see change.
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Impetus is a power of the mover applied in a movable thing which causes the movable thing to move after it is separated from its mover.
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At this moment, everyone is in crisis, not only in Italy but all over Europe. Only in America do they make films that are successful all over the world. In Europe, production is quite poor. We have three or four or five films, which is not enough.
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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.
