G. I. Gurdjieff Quotes

One of the strongest motives for wishing to work on yourself is the realization that you may die at any moment - only you must first realize this.

G. I. Gurdjieff

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• I can't change everything by myself but I can be one of the people who are trying to change the situation.

  

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• I'm just a black hole for stuff. No one should ever hand me anything, because I get so easily distracted. I'll be like, 'Oh, look, something shiny!' I'm glad I never learned how to drive. I would be really dangerous.

  

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• I am the only one in my family to graduate college. It was a proud moment for me to receive a degree.

  

  Nadine Velazquez
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• I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.

  

  J. J. Abrams
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• I enjoy privacy. I think it's nice to have a little mystery. I think because of technology a lot of the mystery is gone in life, and I'd like to preserve some of that.

  

  Maggie Q
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• Disinterring famous people has become a kind of sport in the Hispanic world. Before Cervantes, it happened to Evita, Che Guevara, Federico Garcia Lorca, and Pablo Neruda.

  

  Ilan Stavans
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• I would definitely like to start a family because it's the most important thing in the world and what you should take care of, along with your friends and the people you love.

  

  Irina Shayk
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• There are some things that money can't buy: peace of mind, for starters, and lean muscle mass. Neither the Queen of England nor the founder of Microsoft can put in an order for either one.

  

  Victoria Moran
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• At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.

  

  Karl Jaspers
  • Lost
  • Present
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• The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.

  

  Harriet Ann Jacobs
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• The spring wakes us, nurtures us and revitalizes us. How often does your spring come? If you are a prisoner of the calendar, it comes once a year. If you are creating authentic power, it comes frequently, or very frequently.

  

  Gary Zukav
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• In the final analysis this congressional race is always going to be a close race, whether there's a presidential race or governor's race or not. But is this a better year? Yes, this would probably be a better year.

  

  Baron Hill
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• It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.

  

  Gao Xingjian
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• And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.

  

  Pamela Anderson
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• I get bored pretty easily and I don't want to get locked down in one profession.

  

  Adam Lamberg
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• I exercise every morning. I do light weights - 5lb and 10lb arm exercises - and then lie and lift my arms and legs. It's all about keeping core strength. I do a lot of stretching too.

  

  Larry Hagman
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• I do think one should have clean feet.

  

  Manolo Blahnik
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• In my next life, I want to be a housecat. Naps all the time!

  

  Laura Anne Gilman
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• During the long process of history, by relying on our own diligence, courage and wisdom, Chinese people have opened up a good and beautiful home where all ethnic groups live in harmony and fostered an excellent culture that never fades.

  

  Xi Jinping
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• To the rest of the Galaxy, if they are aware of us at all, Earth is but a pebble in the sky. To us it is home, and all the home we know.

  

  Isaac Asimov
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  • Earth
  • Rest

• Many journalists seem to believe that we have become little different from our enemies.

  

  Linda Chavez
  • Believe
  • Different

• I love men's company, but I don't feel I have to be married. Men are a wonderful part of life, like chocolate. But my life goes on whether they're there or not.

  

  Jerry Hall
  • Life
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  • Chocolate

• Leaves and bark, leaves and bark, To lean against and hear in the dark. Petals I may have once pursued. Leaves are all my darker mood.

  

  Robert Frost
  • May
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• One of the strongest motives for wishing to work on yourself is the realization that you may die at any moment - only you must first realize this.

  

  G. I. Gurdjieff
  • Work
  • May
  • Die