Meredith Monk Quotes
That inner voice has both gentleness and clarity. So to get to authenticity, you really keep going down to the bone, to the honesty, and the inevitability of something.
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I don't plan on being bashful.
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I don't suppose anybody's ever enjoyed being who they are more than Arnold's enjoyed being Arnold Palmer.
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Conscientious objection is an intrinsic part of being a soldier.
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Historical science is being left in the dust.
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For me, being a mum has been a really, really instinctive thing.
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It's such a Bore Being always Poor.
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There are lots of actors who are awful people, but nobody talks about them being awful because they've made billions.
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Sometimes women who are taller aren't comfortable with it, but I love being tall.
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Mainly, I hope to inspire honesty. We live in a space where so much can be manipulated, and so much is expected to be manipulated - curated, contrived, edited. I think that's a real detriment to self expression and happiness in a lot of ways. In my mind, honesty and vulnerability is the way forward.
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Essential to the theory of evolution is the premise that everything has come into being by itself.
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Me being able to beat up Austin Powers? I mean, how great can that be?
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Being traditional is a choice for me. South Indian families bring up their children with a sense of freedom, self-respect and self-value. We do whatever we have to with earnestness and honesty, including being uninhibited. Yet we hold onto our roots.
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One of the things about my ministry is that I have never branded myself as being above the people or superior to people.
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I'm still not used to the idea of being the youngest circumnavigator.
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I can't think of any shows I've watched about teenagers that has the same spirit that 'Skins' has, the same honesty about it.
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Rag & bone images always reflect the authenticity of the brand. Their images have character and tell a story.
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Being a gentleman is a worthy goal.
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Many churches are measuring the wrong things. We measure things like attendance and giving, but we should be looking at more fundamental things like anger, contempt, honesty, and the degree to which people are under the thumb of their lusts. Those things can be counted, but not as easily as offerings.
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If you keep hiding your true self, your life becomes like slow death. Once you become free from the lies and the hiding of yourself, then life becomes vibrant again.
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Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.
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I never go to funerals. To me a person is dead when he breathes for the last time. After that, your memories should be personal.
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Events do not really have beginnings or ends. Behind every event is the previous one, causing, or helping to cause, what follows.
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There's a strong message of divine righteousness in dictatorships. Every megalomaniac has to believe his actions are sanctioned by God.
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That inner voice has both gentleness and clarity. So to get to authenticity, you really keep going down to the bone, to the honesty, and the inevitability of something.
