Monica Ali Quotes
The thing about getting older is that you don't need everything to be possible any more, you just need things to be certain.
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You can love more than one person in your life, but things will be different. There'll be a different dynamic. Needs and desires change.
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Every era needs a genre through which it understands itself.
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It is the local community that needs to own the commitment to education.
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I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men?
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More than anything, falling in love causes a certain female thing in a man to manifest, oddly enough.
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Don't need to say please to no man for a happy tune.
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I don't need nobody tryin' to make me over -- I just wanna live simple and free.
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I've found that doing interviews forces you to face yourself; I'm constantly having to search within myself, to see why I do certain things.
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Beyond a certain point, that was all a mother could do for her children - Hang around long enough to drive them crazy.
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True confidence leaves no room for jealousy. When you know your are great, you have no need to hate.
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Unfortunately, every time there's a budget crunch in New York, the Parks Department is usually the first to be cut. So they need all the help they can get.
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We need to find ways to communicate with each other.
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Morals are taught & preached not for the sake of heaven, but to assist those people on earth who have everything they need & more to retain their possessions & to help them to accumulate still more. Morals is the butter for those who have no bread.
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We need to develop people rather than process them.
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Technically I can get out of my wheelchair and crawl around and do things, but when I've traveled and they've lost my wheelchair in transit, I feel like I need to be bound to it. My functionality and autonomy are often bound to this.
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Moderation is the key so I work certain amout of time and then I take a certain amount of time off.
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If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.
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How can we eliminate the deepest source of all unsatisfactory experience? Only by cultivating certain qualities within our mindstream.
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The only thing we can be certain of in this life is that we can be certain of nothing.
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Well, we like to let down our hair and pep it up at the dances, but we keep it slower when we broadcast. We have to please everybody, and that softer music appeals to the larger amount of people. It's like eating too much cake. You have to have your steak too.
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It takes years to develop into the kind of human being you want to be.
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Try to see the good in others. When you're tempted to judge someone, make an effort to see their goodness. Your willingness to look for the best in people will subconsciously bring it forth.
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The thing about getting older is that you don't need everything to be possible any more, you just need things to be certain.
