Carl Honore Quotes
The journey that 'In Praise of Slowness' has made since publication shows how far this message resonates. The book has been translated into more than 30 languages. It appears on reading lists from business schools to yoga retreats. Rabbis, priests and imams have quoted from it in their sermons.
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It is crucial that we develop real awareness of ourselves as citizens of Earth, linked by mutual and indissoluble bonds. When we clearly recognize this reality and ground ourselves in it, we are compelled to take a strict accounting of our way of life.
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
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It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are.
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I sing to Jesus for Jesus now. This gives me pure joy... worship!
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I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way - under the hoop.
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This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.
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I think we live in a culture that relentlessly pursues comfort. Ease is related to disease. We shouldn't always be fleeing hardship. Hardship also brings people together. We should welcome it.
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A lasting architecture has to have roots.
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The older you get, the more comfortable you become with yourself, and you accept what you have physically.
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Whenever I did sitcoms, that always happened on your show. Once the show was on the air, it takes on a life of its own. It develops, and it becomes something else.
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I thought I'd be doing weird, Off Broadway theater after I graduated.
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When I look at my streams on Spotify, and I just see it's hundreds of millions of streams, I think, 'Wow, that's amazing.' But you don't really get it. Once you see people in front of you singing along to your songs, it's real.
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Even when a person has all of life's comforts - good food, good shelter, a companion - he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.
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The American people need to know the truth. The American people need to see the truth. In a democracy, letting the people know the truth is the essence of what it means to be free.
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Sometimes you will think you can't take it another day. But if you hang in there, one step at a time, you will be able to accomplish more than you ever imagine.
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Dreams say what they mean, but they don't say it in daytime language.
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I always have a million things going on at once, but I try to put my energy into the most immediate need.
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Americans are good at pursuing happiness. And the Americans who pursue happiness most diligently show that we're also good at running it down and killing it.
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I slept like a baby the night before, because I knew that I'd win the next day.
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Sometimes some of these little side excursions are useful and I manage to fit them in the book somewhere.
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No one was interested in picking up a midlist series, even though I have a decent fanbase and respectable numbers.
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Your slippers last a lot longer in your bedroom. On a film set, they do get very scuffed up.
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Whether you're playing in the minor leagues or major-league divisions, wherever you are, it's always nice to be recognized as an All-Star.
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The journey that 'In Praise of Slowness' has made since publication shows how far this message resonates. The book has been translated into more than 30 languages. It appears on reading lists from business schools to yoga retreats. Rabbis, priests and imams have quoted from it in their sermons.
