Alan Rufus Quotes
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Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song.
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I can never decide whether my dreams are the result of my thoughts, or my thoughts the result of my dreams.
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Few words in any language carry such a load of meaning as 'honor.' It is an old word, unchanged even in its spelling from classical Latin to modern English. Spoken or written, it does not seem to require much explanation; most people think they know what it means.
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The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.
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What people love about Santorum is he is who is he. He speaks his words. He loves God. He loves his country, and he loves gays.
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If it is indeed impossible - or at least very difficult - to inhabit the consciousness of an animal, then in writing about animals there is a temptation to project upon them feelings and thoughts that may belong only to our own human mind and heart.
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What you compose with is neither here nor there, you compose with words, or you compose with stone plants and trees, or you compose with events; the Sheriff's officer, or whatever.
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What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of the moment that create your future. The outline of your future path already exists, for you created its pattern by your past.
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It's fairness to say those who work hard, get up in the morning, cut their cloth - in other words 'we can only afford to have one or two children because we don't earn enough'. They pay their taxes and they want to know that the same kind of decision-making is taking place for those on benefits.
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From the time I was ten, I thought of myself as 'good with words,' thanks to a perceptive and supportive fifth grade teacher.
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Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.
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I've never been into the typical R&B voice, with runs and bluesy sounding words. That doesn't suit me.
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Words are all we have.
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I love the way you can fall in love with a piece of literature; how words alone can get your heart doing that.
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Any story that I can consider worth telling is one that you could tell in words.
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As someone who gets nervous in silences, I spill words rather than really think.
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Writing is more about imagination than anything else. I fell in love with words. I fell in love with storytelling.
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Yoga is a method for restraining the natural turbulence of thoughts, which otherwise impartially prevent all men, of all lands, from glimpsing their true nature of Spirit. Yoga cannot know a barrier of East and West any more than does the healing and equitable light of the sun.
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Prayer is a form of meditation, isn't it? It's laws of attraction: whatever you put out into the universe is what it receives. It's just kind of putting your thoughts out into the universe.
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One of the great things about kids is they haven't heard a lot of the old jokes. You can get away with the corny ones.
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I really only knew the name Berry Gordy growing up, but I didn't know what he looked like or anything about him.
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To redeem creation the saint wages war on the entire fabric of creation, with the bare weapons of truth and love.
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My words, thoughts and deeds have a boomerang effect. So be-careful what you send out!
