Sue Monk Kidd Quotes
You think you want to know something, and then once you do, all you can think about is erasing it from your mind.
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Never regret yesterday. Life is in you today and you make your tomorrow.
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You can't live someone else's expectations in life. It's a recipe for disaster.
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My father taught me many important giving lessons, but two stand out. First, always give as much as you possibly can. And second, give equally from among your resources - your time, your mind and your capital. These are principles I live by.
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I'd hate this to get out but I really like opera.
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Where I come from, deeds mean a lot more than words.
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Back when I was an Islamist, I thought our ideology was like communism – and I still do. That makes me optimistic. Because what happened to communism? It was discredited as an idea. It lost.
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If you speak to anyone who's ever done time, the fact that you make it out of there alive is a miracle.
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The good news is world population growth rate decreases systematically and is expected to reach zero by 2050, thanks to urbanisation and women's education.
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Before prognostication, a disclaimer: I have never been able to pick a winner. Not that it has ever stopped me from trying to. Well, it has stopped me from buying stock, but let's not talk about that.
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Jerry Rice had won two Super Bowls already by the time he got to his ninth year in the league. That's what it's all about: winning that ring.
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I look at the world through a green lens now, but you can't make yourself crazy. That feeling of green guilt can be really inhibiting. It's about a changing mind-set, remembering to turn off the water when you are brushing your teeth.
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The regulation of medicine has been a State function.
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If you want to have a good life, you should focus on your family, on your business, on your dog, on your fun, and you'll have a good life.
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Here is God's purpose - for God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.
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I don't think God cares what you put in your body or on your body.
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Remember, while the work can sometimes appear to be simple to a viewer, the ability to perform expertly, consistently, precisely, over and over again, under pressure and on demand is what's needed.
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When you do a thing with your whole soul and everything that is noble within you, you always find your counterpart.
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I honestly think I was an Indian living in the time of the Trail of Tears. Something like that. Every time I read books about back then, I get so devastatingly sad, so, so... I feel such a deep connection to it.
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Even when I am writing I usually take a break around lunchtime and go for a little walk to clear out my head.
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I have no political ax to grind; I just find it absurd that huge billion-dollar corporations can take over elections. I just find it insane that, for instance, we give tax breaks to people like myself making millions of dollars, while there're no tax breaks for working people. That, to me, is not a political issue, that's a life issue.
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Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
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I'm drawn to the psychology of really interesting, flawed people.
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The concept of making a movie in which the director dictates is kind of exotic - and absolutely not truthful. Directing means allowing a great deal of collaboration and listening and having the ability to change your mind.
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You think you want to know something, and then once you do, all you can think about is erasing it from your mind.
