Charles L. Whitfield Quotes
One alternative that nearly always relieves our suffering is surrender: we surrender our false self, and our attachment to the notion that we can control anything.
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After the second and final time that I got hugely fat in my life and when I lost that weight six or seven years ago, I pretty much decided that I was going to stay in decent shape for the rest of my life.
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The classy gangster is a Hollywood invention.
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Life ain't always beautiful, but it's a beautiful ride.
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I've never thought in terms of 'men do this' and 'women do that.'
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For me, choice is the most important thing because I'm going to be an adult actor pretty soon. So I've got to be choosing the right roles now so that by the time I get to that age there will be wide options available.
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Looking back on those days and little leaguer, the Hall of Fame is not even a blinking star, but through baseball travels and moving up the ladder, that star begins to flicker.
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The last thing I want my child to see is Dad running around in the middle of the pack. That would really upset me. And that would upset him. I would be embarrassed to take him to school with kids saying, 'Hey, how'd your dad do this weekend?' 'Well, he finished fifth or sixth'.
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I always have a lot of things going on because some things take years to make and others take five minutes. I like that there's always something going on. Working doesn't have such a momentous feel - like it's all or nothing.
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Longing and desire goes further than instant satisfaction. That's human nature.
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Fun without sell gets nowhere, but sell without fun tends to become obnoxious.
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I remember my mom saying that when I was little, I had this light that shined really big, and that she'd watched my light become very dark.
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Being a writer but also having been raised the way I was, I tend to turn to books for answers.
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If you can run one business well, you can run any business well.
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Thoughts are the gun, words are the bullets, deeds are the target, the bulls-eye is heaven.
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I have a very bad memory. So I would like a chat bot to just remind me of everything I forget. I spend my entire life on Google trying to remember stuff.
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'Dandelion Wine' became one of the few books that I returned to time and again, and while not anywhere near the story crafter as Mr. Bradbury, I hope I managed to absorb by osmosis some of his techniques.
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I did my acting performance in 'Roger Rabbit.' I think I did a voice-over also in 'Osmosis Jones' and I directed an episode of my show years ago, 'Tales from the Crypt' and that's my endeavors in the non-producer oriented ranks.
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Start going to bed earlier! It is a tough adjustment when you have had a summer of staying up late and waking up late.
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I'll stand up for Article Two, Article 12, you name it of the Constitution.
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There can be no purpose more enspiriting than to begin the age of restoration, reweaving the wondrous diversity of life that still surrounds us.
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Perhaps nothing was ever “meant to be.” There was just life, and right now, and doing your best. Being a bit “bendy.
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I think our lives are surely but the dreams Of spirits, dwelling in the distant spheres, Who as we die, do one by one awake.
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I do not believe I am exaggerating in affirming that the empire of Russia is a country whose inhabitants are the most miserable on earth, because they suffer at one and the same time the evils of barbarism and of civilization.
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One alternative that nearly always relieves our suffering is surrender: we surrender our false self, and our attachment to the notion that we can control anything.
