Barnet Bain Quotes
Our experience of reality is the result of the magical alchemy of the creation of our thoughts, our beliefs, our decisions, our attitudes, our feelings. All of these are, for the most part, unconscious. Mindfulness allows us to watch these thoughts and choices and decisions without being triggered and having to take action and give meaning.
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I'm not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.
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Both chronic, long-term poverty and downward mobility from the middle class are in the same category of things that America likes not to think about.
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There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.
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I dress for men.
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You cannot force a state to be demilitarized. Even if a state enters a treaty where it commits to be demilitarized, there's no way to reverse statehood if it violates it.
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All I ever wanted to do is to write stories that people will enjoy and feel at home with.
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Television shows and movies that are all white, I can't watch them. They totally alienate me.
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Understanding the importance of evolving is very important. Reinventing is very important. To break what you have already done is very important. That growth should never stop.
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My first professional job was to sell heavy-duty waterless cookware.
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I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.
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I rush to add that I find the Web infinitely useful for rustling up information, settling arguments or locating the legends of rock stars.
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Whenever I hear that I'm on the brink of stardom, I feel like I want to run into a cave.
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Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
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I am not musically educated yet. I don't read - I make my own language that works for myself. But I play by ear.
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Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?
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I like to think of ideas as potential energy. They're really wonderful, but nothing will happen until we risk putting them into action.
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A lot of middle-aged women are children still trying to find their way.
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I love vintage cars because you can do so much more to them.
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However, while we should certainly celebrate the demise of overt official racism, we must also critically examine where we are at this historical moment, recognize the many challenges ahead and reaffirm our commitment to making Brown v. Board a reality.
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The body is a fortuitous concourse of atoms. There is no death for the body, only an exchange of atoms. Their changing places and taking different forms is what we call 'death.' It's a process which restores the energy level in nature that has gone down. In reality, nothing is born and nothing is dead.
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Our music has depth, and attempts philosophical thought and meaning with discussions of infinity, eternity and mortality. There is a line which people cross that turns it into some magical, mystical realm, for which I dont claim responsibility and dont hold any great truck with.
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Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.
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Our experience of reality is the result of the magical alchemy of the creation of our thoughts, our beliefs, our decisions, our attitudes, our feelings. All of these are, for the most part, unconscious. Mindfulness allows us to watch these thoughts and choices and decisions without being triggered and having to take action and give meaning.
