Bob Benson Quotes
Massage's history is rooted in technique and body knowledge, but is also about heart, healing intention and connection between therapist and client. A tension - sometimes constructive, other times uncomfortable - has been prevalent in the field between one impulse toward structure and recognition and another toward freedom and flexibility to be responsive to individual circumstances.
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I'm resigned to the fact that the corseted history of America is not as exciting as that of Britain.
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When knowledge is limited - it leads to folly... When knowledge exceeds a certain limit, it leads to exploitation.
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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man.
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The illusion is that most of my work is simply about past events: a point in history and nothing else.
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In the long course of history, having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarine.
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All objects, all phases of culture are alive. They have voices. They speak of their history and interrelatedness. And they are all talking at once!
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I was 37 when my father died-and I no longer had any freedom of choice over what I would do with the rest of my life.
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The day before the anniversary of D-Day, we lost a man who was equaled by few and surpassed by none as a leader in the cause of freedom: Ronald Reagan.
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Although I write to entertain, and try to keep my work free of didacticism, I do have a rather passionate belief in our need to be connected to - and to learn from - history.
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Throughout the history of Iceland, men have been lost at sea; every family in Iceland is connected to that kind of story.
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Enlightenment values of individual freedom are manifested best in individual acts of criticism and defiance.
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But the history of the changes produced by a universal idea is not a history of changes in the individual, but of changes brought about by the successive efforts of millions of individuals in the course of many generations.
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For most of our history, no one dared to tell Americans, 'you don't build that.'
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It's very attractive to people to be a victim. Instead of having to think out the whole situation, about history and your group and what you are doing... if you begin from the point of view of being a victim, you've got it half-made. I mean intellectually.
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History repeats itself. So you might wanna pay attention.
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I had a national and international reputation. I had written the history and articles. So I brought to the Trotskyist movement some international reputation.
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I started attending community college when I was 14 or 15, just doing general education stuff like history and mathematics. Then I went on to California State University Long Beach to pursue a degree in journalism. And then I ended up dropping out to found Oculus.
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Any time I can spend time with my brothers and sisters who fight for this country and fight for freedom, it's a positive thing.
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Kids all want to look cool, as if knowledge is a great burden, but they're always looking around. They remember.
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Pride in one's own race - and that does not imply contempt for other races - is also a normal and healthy sentiment. I have never regarded the Chinese or the Japanese as being inferior to ourselves. They belong to ancient civilizations, and I admit freely that their past history is superior to our own. They have the right to be proud of their past, just as we have the right to be proud of the civilization to which we belong. Indeed, I believe the more steadfast the Chinese and the Japanese remain in their pride of race, the easier I shall find it to get on with them.
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You'll be much better equipped for a long life in pictures if you have a sound theatrical background.
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When the truth is preached, the Spirit of God brings each person face to face with God Himself.
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Massage's history is rooted in technique and body knowledge, but is also about heart, healing intention and connection between therapist and client. A tension - sometimes constructive, other times uncomfortable - has been prevalent in the field between one impulse toward structure and recognition and another toward freedom and flexibility to be responsive to individual circumstances.
