Thomas Keating Quotes
God will bring people and events into our lives, and whatever we may think about them, they are designed for the evolution of His life in us.
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Where having been an actor was extremely helpful to me was in casting. That's where I think a director who has acted can really shine, and casting is the most important thing you do.
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We tend in this country to talk about Democrats and Republicans, and think there's little group over there called Independents that's maybe 2%. That is not the case, and it has not been the case for most of modern American history.
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People shouldn't have to spend a lot of money to get high-quality clothing.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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One of the biggest things that happens to many people when they have kids is that you suddenly realize that you're not going to last forever. You know there is another generation who are the heroes of their own stories, and that is humbling.
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Writing is just very difficult. I'm an adequate performer. And I think I have a special talent as an editor. Editing is what I do best.
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Cricket, the whole thing, playing, watching, being part of the Gaieties, has been a central feature of my life.
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What's so brave about being bald? I've not fought for my country or found the cure for cancer - I've just gone out without my hat on!
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We will naturally pursue our goals on the strength of our own resources, skills and enterprise. But, we know that we will be more successful when we do this in partnership with the world.
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Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.
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I draw every day - unless I'm being interviewed.
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I want to write songs and play them for people - live.
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I think I draw my inspiration from a lot of conversations that I had with people or my friends and combine them together with my own personal experience.
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I enjoy thinking myself into other times and places. I don't like some of the conventions of the 'historical novel', but I think there's a way of doing it that has a lot of merit.
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I had seen AIDS patients in India and Africa, and knowing that people were dying even though drugs existed that could help them was shattering for me.
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I'd like to direct myself but I'm a cinephile and I also would like to just step behind the camera and be on the other end of making movies.
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I do like beauty, but an older woman can be beautiful and a clever woman is beautiful because that beauty shines through.
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Sports are my favorite. It's the first thing I turn to every day.
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Weather can kill you so fast. The first priority of survival is getting protection from the extreme weather.
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Some people see Black Friday as a much-needed break for their wallet. I see it as retail outlets showing the customers the full weight of their contempt. The frenzy to buy cheap crap from China, the human downgrade of people fighting with each other over items they can probably live without, to me, is an insult.
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I am jealous of all those people who live on the shore of Dal Lake.
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Musik höhere Offenbarung ist als alle Weisheit und Philosophie.1
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God will bring people and events into our lives, and whatever we may think about them, they are designed for the evolution of His life in us.
