Richard Rohr Quotes
Egoic consciousness is the one we all normally operate with, until we are told there is something else! Every culture teaches egoic consciousness in different ways. At that level it is all about me, my preferences, my choices, my needs, my desires and me and my group as the central reference point.
Quotes to Explore
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If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.
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You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.
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I was playing the villain 'Falseface' on Batman, and I got wind that they were going to pay a young starlet $25,000 to be in the same episode. Well, I wasn't getting anywhere near that amount of money, so I refused to let them put my name in the credits.
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My mother reads tarot cards, actually, but I won't let her read mine.
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The story and the characters of 'Girl Online' are mine.
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The difference between a top-flight creative man and the hack is his ability to express powerful meanings indirectly.
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I was a gymnast for many years before I was a dancer, so it comes in pretty handy when we do stunts.
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I was almost 8 years old when I was watching a kid on a TV commercial, and I told my mom that I wanted to do the same thing. She said that I would need to get an agent and that she would research it.
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At least I had that, one guy understood me.
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It's something that I love about this business and that scares me about this business, but in a good way. You just never know what's going to happen. And things change constantly. But there's always opportunities for new work, so you just have to enjoy the job that you're on while you're on it because it doesn't last forever.
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In 10 years, I don't really know what I'll be, and I like not having any idea. I like the idea of being so passionate about everything I do and the fact that I might wake up tomorrow and say 'I want to be a chef,' and just pour myself into that.
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You learn from things that don't go well, and you try to capitalize when they do. You build on those strengths and try to make your weaknesses stronger.
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Oprah has definitely caught my eye. My mom and I used to watch her shows. We just love her.
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Nature knows best.
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Obviously, waste disposal is an enormous and fantastic industry.
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Children touch all of our lives. We all have the opportunity to sow seeds into the next generation, and there's nothing more important that we can leave on this earth than a legacy of faith, hope, and confidence in our God.
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A man must always live by his work, and his wages must at least be sufficient to maintain him. They must even upon most occasions be somewhat more, otherwise it would be impossible for him to bring up a family, and the race of such workmen could not last beyond the first generation.
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Novelists are in the business of constructing consciousness out of words, and that's what we all do, cradle to grave. The self is a story we tell.
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These ancient stories in religion speak to our desire. But they move us toward hope.
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I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician.
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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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The battle against cancer has made me strong. It's like winning a war! When I was diagnosed, I was told by doctors my kidney, liver and other organs could fail. It was tough. I didn't know if I could save my life. But I was positive, and because of that, the doctor told me that I would be a man who would never have cancer.
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The little bit of buzz around 'Warrior' led to a lot of opportunities anyway, before the movie even came out.
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Egoic consciousness is the one we all normally operate with, until we are told there is something else! Every culture teaches egoic consciousness in different ways. At that level it is all about me, my preferences, my choices, my needs, my desires and me and my group as the central reference point.
