Alyce Cornyn-Selby Quotes
Self-sabotage is when we say we want something and then go about making sure it doesn't happen.
Quotes to Explore
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Life isn't always really glamorous and fabulous. It's about encouraging people to go back to natural beauty.
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With George Bush's policies, I could make an argument for how they affect black people in a negative way. You know what I mean? But I wouldn't argue that he's a white supremacist.
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My illness is excruciating and difficult to cope with. It takes over your entire life and causes more suffering than I can describe.
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the large black slugs ... come out at dusk. Enormous slugs. As big as crocodiles. So huge we need a gun to shoot them. And by the end of the summer, if they go on growing, we shall have to go out in pairs together for protection.
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Sometimes we need to let go of things in our lives to make room for better things. Stress less and live more. Don't waste your energy, when you have the choice to be happy.
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Though I have had no adventures, I feel capable of them.
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Art is viable when it finds elements in the surrounding environment. Our ancestors drew their subject matter from the religious attitudes which weighed on their souls. We must now learn to draw inspiration from the tangible miracles around us.
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According to government ethics rules and FOMC rules, it is permissible for a retired governor to speak in public about the economy, so long as he or she does not divulge confidential information. I have no indication that he has violated that rule.
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In magic, man has to rely on himself. So, in religion, of course, you're looking for outside support but that's the appeal of magic.
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I very much had wanted to do a picture with more humor than what I had been allowed to do earlier, which is what attracted me to Wonder Boys so much. I found it funny in a very serious way, which is the best kind of comedy.
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In the Big City a man will disappear with the suddenness and completeness of the flame of a candle that is blown out.
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So much of what you do physically happens because you've thought about it and mentally prepared for it.
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I had just come to accept that my life would be ordinary when extraordinary things began to happen.
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People working for a news organization, even those with a point of view, are supposed to exercise independent judgment.
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Every day we're given a choice: We can relax and float in the direction that the water flows, or we can swim hard against it. If we go with the river, the energy of a thousand mountain streams will be with us . . . if we resist the river, we will feel rankled and tired as we tread water, stuck in the same place.
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The danger I faced was not accepted as reasonable grounds for deferring my tax payments, as authorities, who despite being told all of this, still chose to pursue action against me, as opposed to finding an alternative solution.
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Self-sabotage is when we say we want something and then go about making sure it doesn't happen.
