F. Matthias Alexander Quotes
The intention of each lesson is getting you to recognize what you're doing, kinesthetically. Once you're conscious of it, you then can choose whether to continue doing the same thing or not.
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One of the most effective tools in Brazil's efforts to eradicate slavery is a register compiled by the government that lists individuals and businesses found using slave labor. Those on the 'dirty list,' as the register is known, are fined and remain on it for a minimum of two years during which they cannot access public funds.
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Being a model, you're always the product of somebody else's vision.
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To me hair dressing means shape. It's very important that the foundations should be right.
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I'm kind of lax about hair in general. I stopped shaving my armpits in part to experiment with pheromones, but also because I just didn't feel like shaving them anymore.
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I could live very quietly, do advertising to earn money.
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I had all the fame anyone could want, and I ran away from it.
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I'd never kill myself for a man. I wouldn't do it for anybody.
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I think life gives you lemons, and the thing that I'm working on doing is not watering it down, not putting sugar in it. Just drink it straight. The more you can take life head on... it's gonna make you a better person, and then you have nothing left to be afraid of. And what an awesome way to live.
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Scientifically speaking, if I say something, or it gets misquoted, or people put a spin on it... I mean, are you interested, really, in what people are saying?
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Texas Republican political leaders take perverse pride in how deeply they have cut our state's education budget. Thousands of teachers have been pulled from classrooms, schools have closed and valuable programs have been canceled. In many places, districts are forced to choose between prekindergarten programs and English, algebra and art.
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As we've learned in 1941, national emergencies can create strange bedfellows.
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I try to get them to remember that they're not just athletes, but student-athletes.
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I am always looking for stories that have not been told too much, and one story that I think is really gripping and important is what police officers go through.
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My biggest complaint with tights is that they do not accommodate skinny-ankled people like myself.
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When I was 17, I had an experience that I later learned could be called a 'mystical experience.' It was almost violent. No faces, voices, nothing like that. It is like the world burst and flamed into life all around me. That is not a great image, but it is as good as I will ever do.
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My dad wanted me to play when I was a kid, so I learned to play the guitar. I pursued a career in music because I love it so much and I enjoy what it does to those who hear it.
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A man should be upright, not kept upright.
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I shall I not equivocate, there is a meeting of men and women and there is a meeting only for women.
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I've just always had a soft spot for character actors.
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Whether it's coming from FDR or it's coming from Ronald Reagan, if the idea is right for the times then we're gonna apply it. And things that don't work we're gonna get rid of.
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If we continue to cut something with each resolution, I would say we're making steady progress and sending a strong conservative message.
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Remember the difference between a boss and a leader. A boss says, Go! A leader says, Let's go!
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Every new startup business creates new opportunities. It doesn't matter whether you have a new app for college students or a home medical device for senior citizens; there are other multibillion noncompetitive corporations that are spending millions of dollars trying to market their goods and services to your same audience.
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The intention of each lesson is getting you to recognize what you're doing, kinesthetically. Once you're conscious of it, you then can choose whether to continue doing the same thing or not.
