William Stafford Quotes
...What you fear will not go away; it will take you into yourself and bless you and keep you. That's the world, and we all live there.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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I find myself so easily discouraged. It is pathetic how easily I can be discouraged - easily discouraged by resistance, easily discouraged by opposition, easily discouraged by hardness of heart, easily discouraged by blindness.
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The networks are not some chicken-coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns.
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My father had a flourishing business as a publisher in North India.
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I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.
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You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and loving - even if it's angry and disappointed - what's important is that you're being real and honest and not going anywhere.
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I am definitely a perfectionist, and I do like things a certain way. But as I have got older, I would say that I am a little bit less of a control freak.
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If you think there are no new frontiers, watch a boy ring the front doorbell on his first date.
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I want to have a long career.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
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I think I'm a good judge of character.
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Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.
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I'm a Sikh; it's part of my religious tradition to never cut my hair and keep it wrapped in a turban.
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Sufficient for me is that honour which is not seen of men but is felt in the heart, as faithful is He who hath promised and who never lies.
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Gratefulness is a double-edged sword. Because I think we've poured it into a feeling. And the batter of gratitude gets kind of stuck to the edges of the Williams Sonoma melamine mixing bowl. But gratefulness, the act of being grateful is actually... a verb. It's an activity.
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The real problem is deflation. That is the opposite of inflation but equally serious to the borrower.
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For me, acting is a long-term thing. I'm not in a hurry to make it. I have no desire to explode onto the film industry. I still want to be acting when I'm 60.
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I think anybody, not just children, is a product of a great environment. If you put them in a better environment from a sad situation, nine times out of 10, they'll go in the right direction.
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Hip Hop is thee dominant youth culture in the world right now.
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The factory workers say that it’s impossible to do anything right. If you arrive five minutes early you are a saboteur; if you arrive five minutes late you are betraying socialism; if you arrive on time they say, 'Where did you get the watch?'
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I try to meditate every day for at least 5 minutes. I put my phone on silent, sit in quiet and try and find my center.
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Positive obsession is about not being able to stop just because you're afraid and full of doubts. Positive obsession is dangerous. It's about not being able to stop at all.
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...What you fear will not go away; it will take you into yourself and bless you and keep you. That's the world, and we all live there.
