Thomas Keating Quotes
In centering prayer, the sacred word is not the object of the attention but rather the expression of the intention of the will.
Quotes to Explore
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Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew.
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We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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Monsieur Saint Laurent was pathologically shy, and he made the Saint Laurent woman in his own image. Like her, I am shy. And to protect myself, I adopted something of an androgynous look, just as his women did.
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He was a silly guy. Out - do the other guy. That was his effort at all times.
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He's the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of.
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Turbulence is life force. It is opportunity. Let's love turbulence and use it for change.
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I do not want to respond to leaks that concern things that have to do with state secrets of the first degree.
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And that's what art is, a form in which people can reflect on who we are as human beings and come to some understanding of this journey we are on.
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I don't feel as if I have to force anything. I just have to play my game.
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No one touches me when I write my story, unless I hire you to or I allow you to.
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In too many ways, Ohio is being run for the benefit of those who have already made it, and too many of our friends and neighbors are being left behind. Nowhere is this more evident than in the cuts to police officers, firefighters, nurses, teachers, and to our local schools, while property and sales taxes are going up.
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When I auditioned for 'Jessie,' I knew that Disney Channel basically will do 100 episodes of a show if it's a hit; they'll stick with something. It's a great network to work with because they make a nice big commitment to a show.
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Rock and roll is here to stay.
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I had a baby with no pain medicine, mainly because most people I talked to didn't think I'd be able to do it. So there!
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When I talk about democratic socialist, I am talking about Medicare, a single payer health care system for the elderly. And in my view, we should expand that concept to all people. I believe that everybody in this country should be entitled to health care as a right.
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The next Internet could be in the making somewhere in someone's lab.
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Anyone who has ever had the feeling of being higher than a kite after giving a public speech is well aware of the effects of attention.
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We need to stop refighting 40-year old battles on women's rights.
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'I hope to write someday and that’s even more terrifying than performing. You don’t just entertain the audience, you give them little bits of your soul.'
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For a wound to heal, you have to clean it out. Again, and again, and again. And this cleaning process stings. The cleaning of a wound hurts. Yes. Healing takes so much work. So much persistence. And so much patience. But every process has an end and an appointed term. Your healing will come... And like all created things, your worldly pain will die.
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I think people look at me different when they see I'm dressed well. They pay attention. They know I'm about something.
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Prayer is the way the life of God is nourished.
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People of today should not forget those Africans who made a major contribution to world peace.
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In centering prayer, the sacred word is not the object of the attention but rather the expression of the intention of the will.
