Natalie Goldberg Quotes
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
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I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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I love when you aren't accountable to anybody or anything, and you can just be wherever you are.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career.
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I don't spend a lot on holidays, but have been very fortunate to travel extensively through doing various challenges around the world. The best place I've ever been is Argentina.
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Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
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I have no sense of direction at all. Thank the Lord for my TomTom, otherwise I'd spend my whole life lost.
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It is not important what Rahul Gandhi thinks, its important what a billion Indians think.
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When I was 13 or 14, my mother used to gift me books that I was dying to read. Those are my most memorable birthday gifts.
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There are epic downsides to living a somewhat public life. The upshot of that is there's nothing to hide. It's a relief in a way. There's nothing about me that can't be said.
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My real dream is that everybody will see their self-interest tied up with someone else, whether or not they see them, and see that as an opportunity for growing closer together as a culture and as a world.
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When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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As I always like to keep in mind about everything: Don't fight the trend.
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Corporate nationalism to me is a little bit like what would have happened if Hitler had won. It's scary stuff. It's totalitarianism in a different from, under a different flavour.
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History
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The beautiful thing about theater is every night is an opportunity to incorporate what you discovered the night before.
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One of my biggest heroes and people I was fortunate enough to be around is David Bowie. I look at his career, and he always had the balls to break things that weren't broken, to step away from something and try something new, at risk of failing.
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I felt so relaxed. It just felt very easy, and that's why it surprised me that I had broken my world record.
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Nostalgia is a dangerous emotion, both because it is powerless to act in the real world, and because it glides so easily into hatred and resentment against those who have taken our Eden from us.
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When you are present, the world is truly alive.
