Sarah Ban Breathnach Quotes
When we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present ... we experience heaven on earth.
Quotes to Explore
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It's not a monster movie. It's a supernatural thriller.
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I guess I'm way too kind and generous, and a saint - if you can believe that!
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Start the practice of self-control with some penance; begin with fasting.
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I start the day with either Radio 3 or Radio 4. I don't watch any daytime television at all.
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Parts that are desexed, matronly – to just put me in a couple of scenes and have me be the older, you know, dead character, is not gonna fly with me.
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I do not like violence.
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I am still shocking people today, and I don't know why. Is it because I'm a woman talking about sex and men? One magazine said that no one writes sex in the back of a Bentley better than Jackie Collins.
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Humor is an antidote to all ills.
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Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is... the highway to success.
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I see a really good tag on a building, a man passed out in the middle of the street, a couple hugging, a cop arresting a panhandler. I'm interested in how all these things are happening in one block.
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I do wear weaves and I do wear wigs.
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There is nothing that compares to the Holocaust.
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'The Burning Dark' needs a certain kind of soundtrack - something dark and moody, electronic, weird. One of my favourite bands is Ladytron, and I think they'd fit the bill quite well.
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Words change over time. 'Condescending,' for instance, was once a good thing to be. It meant that a person was willing to interact politely with people of lower social ranks. In Jane Austen's world, a lady praised for her condescension was receiving a sincere compliment.
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My dad was a Marine. He was one of the Montford Point Marines. Those are the equivalent of the Tuskegee Airmen for Marines. He's a tough, tough guy.
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Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wavelength of ours all they hear is a continuous scream.
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You know, I'm no different from a fireman. You got to run into a fire no matter how big the blaze is.
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Between the conceptionAnd the creationBetween the emotionAnd the responseFalls the Shadow
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Nationalism and racism, to take two examples, are the culturally nurtured outgrowths of simple tribalism.
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I think painting is in fact a form of rehearsal expressed through different mediums.
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If I make $30,000 a month, I'll spend $29,999. I tell friends, 'Oh, you need money to go to college?' I'm a little crazy, but the backwash is heaven.
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I miss it every minute, and I have no wish at all to go back.
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The dominant characteristic of an authentic spiritual life is the gratitude that flows from trust — not only for all the gifts that I receive from God, but gratitude for all the suffering. Because in that purifying experience, suffering has often been the shortest path to intimacy with God.
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When we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present ... we experience heaven on earth.
