Natalie Goldberg Quotes
I consider writing practice a true Zen practice because it all comes back at you. You can't fool anyone because it's on the page.
Quotes to Explore
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We are living in difficult times. There are a lot of people out of work - am I going to stand there and whinge? No, because I am lucky to have such a wonderful job.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
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I don't think I'm that intelligent. I think I'm semi-intelligent.
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I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.
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Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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I think everything we do, on one level or another, as writers, most of our writing is informed by our world view.
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Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.
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I got into politics because businessmen should be spending your money.
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For everybody that does something bad there's gotta be someone that does something good.
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I don't know anyone on Wall Street who goes to work every day thinking of anything but how to increase their bonus.
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Outside of the mindless sitcoms that the networks thrive on, people able to think generally consider most entertainment is escape in one form or another.
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I have a garden, and I collect different heirloom seeds from different neighbors.
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The woman who purposely destroys her unborn child is guilty of murder. With us there is no nice enquiry as to its being formed or unformed.
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Acting, believe it or not, can get very self-involved! I feel fortunate to have been able to work on things with people who have a very specific point of view and perspective, and who feel like they're doing something very active.
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'Mahershala' is my nickname.
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I constantly work at maintaining balance. For me, my family comes first. If my family is taken care of, then everything else usually falls into place.
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When I say 'fighter,' I am thinking about how you deal with adversity, how you deal with being in bad situations.
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One of the things, one of the things that really got to me was the thing in Houston where you had the government, the mayor actually, trying to get the sermons of ministers. When the government tries to invade the church to enforce its own opinion on marriage, that's when it's time to resist.
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I went to school to study literature and writing, even though I didn't end up really doing that in the end. I thought I would be a teacher, but I didn't really think about it in any practical way.
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It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.
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I consider writing practice a true Zen practice because it all comes back at you. You can't fool anyone because it's on the page.
