Natalie Goldberg Quotes
Whether you're keeping a journal or writing as a meditation, it's the same thing. What's important is you're having a relationship with your mind.
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The author may not interpret. But he must tell why and how he wrote his book.
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Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.
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I like sitting close to windows.
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Democracy should be practiced not every six years, but every day.
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All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
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The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
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If the American government can't stand behind the dollar, the world's benchmark currency, then the global financial system will very likely enter a new era in which there is much less trade and much less economic growth. It would be, by most accounts, the largest self-imposed financial disaster in history.
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I have a great office.
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If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.
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I consider science fiction and fantasy my genre. And I've noticed over the years that there doesn't tend to be a lot of lighthearted, comedic stuff.
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I never know what is going to have that 'X' factor and what isn't.
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Luckily, I have been offered the chance to play a South American, Hispanic and even a character from the Middle East in films. There are also a lot of TV series in the U.S. that have a strong presence of actors from India.
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In dating, the question is how many Tinder knockoffs are we going to have, and are any of them going to take off?
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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When you're competitive, the last thing you want to do is come out of a game, regardless of what kind of injury it is - whether it's an ankle, a knee, a rib, or a head injury.
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I don't think it's ever changed, whether its Frank Sinatra, Glenn Miller, Zeppelin, Guns n' Roses or anyone today, the reason why you get into music is because you love it, and if you're good at it, that's a plus.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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In our society, the sound of men complaining is like nails on a chalkboard.
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Art must not serve might.
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I don't mean it egotistically, but I've been given the chance to be in front of people and sing, and I feel that it's part of my job and my duty - especially where I'm from - to speak the language of the people I'm around and speak for them.
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I had really good English teachers in elementary through high school. Not only were we required to read a lot - which is the best training for writing - we were drilled on grammar every day, every night. I hated the drill part, but I don't dangle my participles too often.
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If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that you are sick.
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Andrea De Cesaris is the man who has won more Grands Prix than anybody else in the history of Grand Prix racing without actually winning one of them.
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Whether you're keeping a journal or writing as a meditation, it's the same thing. What's important is you're having a relationship with your mind.
