Bernie Glassman Quotes
Our tendency in life is to avoid things that frighten us. But in order to become whole, we need to go deeper and deeper into ourselves by reaching further and further into the things we fear.
Quotes to Explore
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Surprisingly, I'm not a fan of guns or anything like that!
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I love PBS! I grew up on it. If I had to say which channels were good, I'd say, you got your PBS, your History Channel, your Discovery.
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There's something about the silence of people listening to someone or watching someone - I just... I love that.
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My parents were never condescending to us. They treated us like adults from a very young age.
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I happen to be half West Indian, but I don't know that side of my family.
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I'm still an old-school reporter at heart. Writing fiction satisfies my journalistic need to hear and relay the testimony of everyday people at the center of events.
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Movies don't make people act a fool. People act a fool because they want to act a fool.
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Artists need to express.
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The truth is, there are many types of businesses that require thousands of dollars to be invested during the startup period. However, there are also many different types of business models that you can run from the comfort of your own home without having to reach too deep into your wallet.
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One does simply what one can in order to apply what one knows.
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Becoming a human doing was exactly what society needed. But for an individual man, becoming a human doing was his undoing.
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The dimensions of this mercy are above my thoughts. It is for aught I know, a crowning mercy.
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It was a nice change of pace to come to work, put on a nice suit and stay clean all day.
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To finance longer life spans, we must convince individuals to start investing now for the long term. But longevity should be an asset that can be levered, not a curse. They must understand that there's a cost to sitting in cash. No one talks about that cost.
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My father knew classical music very well. Driving in the car, listening to the radio, he could name every composer, every movement, what piece it was. I was fascinated by the way he recognized who wrote what.
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Surround yourself with people and things that inspire you. Learn everything you can.
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I enjoy clothes. My mother tells me how, even as a kid, I used to choose my own clothes. I have a feel for it, and I do the costume coordination for my photo shoots as well. Many a time, even my characters wear the clothes I choose.
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I think it's good to have competition. Now we have a third country that can launch astronauts, so it's good for all of us. It makes us a little bit more competitive and wanting to be the leader.
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I started to put on weight when I was about four and a half and it got really bad when I was around nine. I ballooned. I was about 110 pounds.
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I've taken legislation that people have been trying to pass for 10 or 15 years, and I got it passed.
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Unfortunately, I think I drifted so much growing up that I don't have a strong sense of identity. I don't feel at home anywhere, and because of that, I think I'm more of a chameleon.
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The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond to the young workers of the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the same way.
Charles B. Rangel -
Most people come to fear not death itself, but the many terrible ways of dying.
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Our tendency in life is to avoid things that frighten us. But in order to become whole, we need to go deeper and deeper into ourselves by reaching further and further into the things we fear.
