Virginia Satir Quotes
The full life is filled with vulnerability, not defense. You face whatever feeling there is.
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Remember that life's big changes rarely give advance warning.
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As far as control and stuff is concerned, I never had any more in my life than for that All-Star game in 1934.
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I was always a real athletic kid. Then when I got older, I just figured it was part of life to keep training.
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Life histories tell you just about everything you need to know about an animal.
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The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
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I've never judged anybody by how they look or how they dress. I basically judge them on their character. And that's how I lead my own life.
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Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you're wasting your life.
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My mom's whole life had been my gymnastics. We struggled to connect when I stopped.
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I think I have a right to live my life the way I like.
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I grew up riding horses since I was eight. I rode English style and competed every weekend. I had two horses, Scout and Camille, and they were my babies. It taught me a lot about responsibility and commitment. I hope horses will always be in my life.
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It only took one text message to change my life. That's when I discovered my loving husband had been unfaithful. His infidelities ended our marriage.
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When it comes to literal nourishment, the food we eat, life begets life.
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There are not many things in my life I can be absolutely proud of or certain I got right, but one of them is that I've got better as an actor. I've learnt how to do it. And I still have enough energy to do it.
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You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.
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There was this girl who went to my school, and she did a Nikki Giovanni poem, 'Ego Tripping,' and it was just different from everyone else's. It wasn't flat recitation. It had an energy and a life to it. And it made me sit up in my seat, and my eyes got wide, and I really felt inside myself, 'She's making me feel things. I want to do that.'
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I've reached a point in my life where it's the little things that matter... I was always a rebel and probably could have got much farther had I changed my attitude. But when you think about it, I got pretty far without changing attitudes. I'm happier with that.
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I don't see democracy getting better. I see democracy diminishing. More rules, more legislation. Eventually governments will see everything.
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I'm always interested in talented or odd people, and my whole life I've written about geniuses who society has treated badly and they strike back - or not.
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Any job is wonderful.
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I think the least stereotypical gay character on television is probably Matt LeBlanc on 'Episodes.' He just plays it so straight-faced. They never talk about the fact that he's such a huge gay person.
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I've been writing fiction since I was a kid. From the age of 15 to 25, I probably wrote more than 50 short stories, one of which was published in 'The Paris Review' in 1989.
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The full life is filled with vulnerability, not defense. You face whatever feeling there is.
