G. I. Gurdjieff Quotes
Awakening is possible only for those who seek it and want it, for those who are ready to struggle with themselves and work on themselves for a very long time and very persistently in order to attain it.

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I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent.
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We are asleep with compasses in our hands.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time.
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Once I got married, I started working from an office. I found that having somewhere to go that isn't my house is mentally helpful: 'This is the place where I answer email and write blog posts,' and 'over there is the place where I do the dishes.'
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I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
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When I first got Yves Saint Laurent Couture, I didn't know how to take off a cape. I would ask Katoucha and Dalma - the real divas of the runway - 'Can you show me?' I've never been afraid to ask for help.
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I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.
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To my mind, an adventure is something a person willingly undertakes.
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We must take positions. Our weakness in the West is born of the fact of so-called 'objectivity.' Objectivity does not exist - it cannot exist!... The word is a hypocrisy which is sustained by the lie that the truth stays in the middle. No, sir: Sometimes truth stays on one side only.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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Car chases are as painstaking to make as they are fun to watch. They take a lot of time, and you have to keep the energy up.
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See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.
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I'm very blessed with the perfect husband.
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For better or worse, a lot of people who build things don't want to part ways. They don't have the short exit plan that a lot of the investors have.
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It's grueling never knowing if the audience is going to think you're funny. It's soul-destroying when they don't laugh.
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Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.
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Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
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As a person of color, as a woman, as a body moving through this particular space in time, I realize the streets of New York tell the story of resistance, an African-American history of brilliance and beauty that, even in its most brutal moments, did not - could not - kill our resilient and powerful spirit.
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I am prepared to admit that when it comes to dealing with the House and Senate leaders, Obama is terrible. But he's great with the public. Which hates the House and Senate as much as he does.
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My kids are the most inspiring thing that pushes me. It used to be because they were born, and I had to take care of them. Now it's because my son raps, and he's better than me. So now I gotta keep up with him, you know what I'm saying?
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The holy land was supposed to be spotless, a serious equivalent of Disneyland in which not a single candy wrapper is to stay on the ground for more than a few minutes.
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Awakening is possible only for those who seek it and want it, for those who are ready to struggle with themselves and work on themselves for a very long time and very persistently in order to attain it.