Angeles Arrien Quotes
We must shift our allegiances from fear to curiosity, from attachment to letting go, from control to trust, and from entitlement to humility.
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
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Creating things sometimes is difficult.
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I enjoy privacy. I think it's nice to have a little mystery. I think because of technology a lot of the mystery is gone in life, and I'd like to preserve some of that.
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The child is pronounced pretty. I think it quite otherwise.
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My father loves people. No matter what their race, no matter what their position in life, he treated everyone with kindness and love and respect. And that was instilled in me just by watching him.
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The onset of mania occurs when repression is no longer able to resist the assaults of the repressed instincts.
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The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
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I actually think of being funny as an odd turn of mind, like a mild disability, some weird way of looking at the world that you can't get rid of.
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Dirk Nowitzki has been my hero for many years.
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The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat.
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For me, insomnia was something ordinary, and it came and went for ordinary reasons.
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I always have to have a six pack or twelve pack of Entenmann's doughnuts in my house, no other brand.
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The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.
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I love traditions. I mean, cultural ones.
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I've never worried about how long the song is.
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When I was maybe 5 or 6 years old, the neighborhood girls would sit on the stoop and sing. I was known as the kid who had a good voice and no father.
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How is it even sustainable in 21st-century America that women earn, on average, 77 cents for every dollar earned by men?
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It seems so sad to see the little dirt-grimed brats try to play in the noisy courts and muddy streets. Poor little uncared-for, unwanted human atoms, they are not children. Children are bright-eyed, chubby, and shy. These are dingy, screeching elves, their tiny faces seared and withered, their baby laughter cracked and hoarse.
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We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.
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I thought I'd get over being insecure if I became famous, but it hasn't happened. It just gets worse, really. You get more and more on edge, more nervous. These are all the things I'm dealing with. You think if you get famous, fear will go away and problems will go away. But they don't.
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Charter hired me - which, to be honest, took some humility on its part, since I have helped lead public campaigns against cable companies like Charter - to advise it in crafting its commitment to network neutrality.
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'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears reliev'd; How precious did that grace appear, The hour I first believ'd!
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We must shift our allegiances from fear to curiosity, from attachment to letting go, from control to trust, and from entitlement to humility.
