Barbara Marx Hubbard Quotes
Small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos can shift the whole system to a higher order.
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So you had to rev your engines, to beat the Russians and I think more than anything, if the Soviet team would win, or the Soviet athletes would win, you would see and hear and read about that. Quite frequently. So they would make a big issue of it.
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In occupied Iraq, the introduction of new paper money took almost a year, 20 or so Boeing 747s, the mobilisation of the U.S. military's might, three printing firms, and hundreds of trucks.
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In a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound.
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Producing all my own songs and refusing to go to the hot producer. That's the biggest risk I've taken so far.
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Acting is something that I always wanted, but I never paid attention to the notion that it might actually work out. You have all sorts of ideas about what you want to do - at one stage, I wanted to be a jockey - but this is the one that's a big deal.
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'Castle' is a guy living in a fantasy world. He's in his imagination, writing these stories of murder.
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I am convinced that military action will not prevent further acts of international terrorism against the United States.
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I have been fortunate to be able to have a career playing comedy and drama. And it's awfully hard - it's like apples and pears to compare the two.
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Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature as the celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise.
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The world's a scene of changes, and to be constant, in nature were inconstancy.
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I was adopted into this incredible home, a loving, positive environment, yet I had this yearning, this kind of darkness that was also inside me.
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I enjoy the hunt much more than the 'good life' after the victory.
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It's a mistake not to give people a chance to learn to depend on themselves while they are young.
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The fall of Empire, gentlemen, is a massive thing, however, and not easily fought. It is dictated by a rising bureaucracy, a receding initiative, a freezing of caste, a damming of curiosity - a hundred other factors. It has been going on, as I have said, for centuries, and it is too majestic and massive a movement to stop.
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I don’t like anything that’s got to be. I want to know why.
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That strain once more; it bids remembrance rise.
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Celebrities choose fame. Royals have it thrust on them.
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I was always a fan of horror films as a kid.
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On each national day of inauguration since 1789, the people have renewed their sense of dedication to the United States.
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There's no way I can go play for the Yankees, but I know they are going to come after me hard. … It's definitely not the most important thing to go out there for the top dollar, which the Yankees are going to offer me. It's not what I need.
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Henry James joyously engaged in the act of writing. A good day's writing gave him a sense of strength, of control over chaos, a victory of order and clarity over the confused battle of existence.
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Art is not for the personal satisfaction of one or the other, but art wants to return all what's in life... Art wants to give back everything what's in our lives. The more comprehensive the artist stands in life the more powerful his work will speak, and therefore a work of art is a measure of the mental size of his creator.
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Small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos can shift the whole system to a higher order.
