Caroline Myss Quotes
It is a rare person who can pierce the veil between ordinarly life, consumed with matters of physical survival, and pursuit of the empowered path of purpose and meaning unless he or she is motivated by a crisis. Most often we require the failure of some system of power that we rely on before we take action.
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I think the meaning of abortion is what the woman says it is: For a woman who wants a child but can't have this one, it can be sad; for a woman who doesn't want a baby, it can feel like a huge relief, like having your whole life given back to you.
Katha Pollitt
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Self-esteem is a powerful force within each of us... Self-esteem is the experience that we are appropriate to life and to the requirements of life.
Nathaniel Branden
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I've never really lived a conventional life, so I think it's quite foolish for me or anyone else to start thinking that I am going to start making conventional choices.
Madonna Breakfast Club
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But you will understand by yourselves that the matter applies equally well to the organization of the officials of justice, of administrative officials, etc; these are likewise organized instruments of power in certain societies.
Ferdinand Lassalle
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Social struggles have been taking place throughout millennia, since human beings, by resorting to wars, were able to take hold of a surplus production to satisfy the essential needs of life.
Fidel Castro
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Small change, small wonders - these are the currency of my endurance and ultimately of my life.
Barbara Kingsolver
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I think suicide is the most perfect thing you can do in life.
Damien Hirst
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All my life, people have asked me what I was so mad about. 'Why you so mad?' And I was never mad. I'm not mad, I just look mad.
M. C. Gainey
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I have often thought with wonder of the great goodness of God; and my soul has rejoiced in the contemplation of His great magnificence and mercy. May He be blessed for ever! For I see clearly that He has not omitted to reward me, even in this life, for every one of my good desires.
Saint Teresa of Avila
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Kubrick's films have life - they just never die.
R. Lee Ermey
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The amount of death terror experienced is closely related to the amount of life unlived.
Irvin D. Yalom
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You wonder why I only talk about my personal life. But that's all I've ever done.
Gabriel Iglesias
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I do think faith is important when it introduces positivity into your life and you see it with love in your heart because there's so many people who unfortunately use faith for detrimental things or to justify detrimental actions.
Nazanin Boniadi
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I have got a fantastic life and I just like to get on with it, and I am quite a private person.
Jack Whitehall
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If necessary, Italy is prepared to fight against Islamic State in Libya because the Italian government cannot accept a terrorist danger in power just a few hours away from Italy by boat.
Paolo Gentiloni
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I've learned over the years that people are human and have mood swings, regardless of how talented they are. Today, I'm looking at life from a realistic point of view instead of the way I would want things to be.
Otis Williams The Temptations
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Most of my life, I've been on a film set. There isn't anything to learn, not learn, unlearn. It's just in me.
Samantha Morton
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Music is not a profession. Music is a way of life - one that requires much professionalism.
Daniel Barenboim
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The greater the power, the greater the responsibility in its exercise.
Kapil Sibal
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If you bring your sexual impulses to your creative work... you'll be working from deep in the genetic code, down where life wants to make new life and feel good in the process.
Eric Maisel
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A fantasy of mine is to do a podcast that's Marcel Marceau and I, and you only hear me laughing at him and trying to figure out what he's doing.
Zach Galifianakis
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I can't claim my grandfather's work has influenced mine directly, but his life certainly inspired me to follow this path.
Kevin Macdonald
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I love acting, but the star part is not my bag.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan
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It is a rare person who can pierce the veil between ordinarly life, consumed with matters of physical survival, and pursuit of the empowered path of purpose and meaning unless he or she is motivated by a crisis. Most often we require the failure of some system of power that we rely on before we take action.
Caroline Myss