Thomas Keating Quotes
The wisdom of all religions has to be respected. The discoveries of science are also essential for our time and the future.
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What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.
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I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.
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Modesty means admitting the possibility of error, subsuming the self for the good of the whole, remaining open to surprise and the gifts that only failure can bring. There are many ways to practice it. Try taking up golf. Or making your own bagels. Or raising a teenager.
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Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent?
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I like to keep my private life private.
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I've started doing my coaching badges, I'd like to be a manager one day.
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What we want to do is put a price on greenhouse gases. Because if they're more expensive, businesses will find a way to be more efficient or switch to solar or hydro or wind power. So that will reduce emissions.
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Mel Gibson is losing it. I don't know how people still supporting this dude's movies like it's all good. That dude is nuts. All you gotta do is shut him down and don't support any of his movies.
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It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.
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Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.
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Over a three year period, I gave away half of what I had. To be honest, my hands shook as I signed it away. I knew I was taking myself out of the race to be the richest man in the world.
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I can't even say what my greatest fear is because I, I can't even imagine. Being without my family... I can't even say it because it makes me cry.
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We must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre.
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I worked in rep for six years, then I came to London and to the National Theatre. What's better than that?
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The point of college is more to acquire skills than to acquire domain knowledge. One of the skills that is going to be most necessary: you have to be able to read with rigor and write with clarity. You have to be able to communicate. To make an argument, whether it's in a written piece or in front of a group of people.
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A society is defined as much by how it comes to terms with its past as by its attitude toward the future: its memories are no less revealing than its aims.
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I always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me because I couldn't fit in anywhere.
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There are lot memories to take home but the most emotional moment has been when I was touching down in New Delhi. Tears rolled down when I saw the red soil in Delhi from the plane.
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It's been a dream of mine to run my own summer camp. I went to one as a kid, and I put on productions, and got lots of confidence.
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I think JR would make a better President than the one we have now.
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But the longer I'm in the business, you see a lot of times these screenplays have been rewritten 5 times and you're not really offending an author.
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Time and tide wait for no man, but always stand still for a woman of thirty.
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If you own up to your mistakes, you don't suffer as much. But that's a tough lesson to learn.
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The wisdom of all religions has to be respected. The discoveries of science are also essential for our time and the future.
