Alberto Villoldo Quotes
The task is not to search for meaning, but to bring meaning to every situation you are in.
Quotes to Explore
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What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans.
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There was a windstorm in L.A., and the morning after there was no smog, and I could see the mountains. And I was like... 'There's mountains? Snowcap mountains?' That's insane; I've been there for thirteen years, and I've never seen that view before, seeing the mountains in the distance.
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My fans are so loving and encouraging. They're with me on good days and bad days.
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I think chemistry and great acting go hand-in-hand.
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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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I still have a young attitude.
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In neurotics, worm phobias are usually found as well as snake phobias.
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While I am not saying Facebook cannot be a wonderland for marketers, I am still waiting to see the proof of it, and so should every reporter.
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I'd love to have our trains, our subway cars and our taxis built right here in New York City. You can create 40,000 living wage jobs... the city's contracting power is huge.
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I don't believe in God.
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These days politics, religion, media seem to get all mixed up. Television became the new religion a long time back and the media has taken over.
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It's nerve wracking being in the stadium with so many people supporting.
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For example, I noticed that every single kid in the high school in 'The Death-Ray' is based on somebody I went to high school with.
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With Millais's paintings, it's microscopic; when he does hair, it's extraordinary: you can see every strand.
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There is no other way to change something or someone for the better except to occupy it first. The only person you can occupy is yourself. That is why the only person who can change you for the better is you. Without your decision to change and your commitment to change, you will not change.
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Gadgets can be engineered, programs can be designed, institutions can be built, but belief has an organic quality, and it cannot be called into being by fiat. Once a faith is shattered, it takes a long time to grow again - for its soil is experience - and to become effective again.
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Like all boys my age, I was an idiot when it came to women.
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The essential functions of the mind consist in understanding and in inventing, in other words, in building up structures by structuring reality.
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Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.
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Our universities and museums are respected around the country.
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Our planet's lands and oceans are already stretched to meet the demands of 7 billion people. The human population continues to grow. The search for sustainable solutions is an economic and a moral imperative if we are to create the future we want.
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People nowadays don't know the true meaning of friendship and loyalty.
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Reducing parables to a single meaning destroys their aesthetic as well as ethical potential.
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The task is not to search for meaning, but to bring meaning to every situation you are in.
