Ebenezer Elliott Quotes
Again the violet of our early days Drinks beauteous azure from the golden sun, And kindles into fragrance at his blaze.
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For did my dreams come true when I looked at you. And maybe too, if you would believe, you too might be overjoyed, over loved, over me.
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The dream is everything in the sport of fishing. You dream with every cast of your fly that the shadowy form will finally rise to your fly. You dream as you drop off to sleep at night about the lunker that got loose just as you were about to net it.
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The only kinds of fights worth fighting are those you’re going to lose, because somebody has to fight them and lose and lose and lose until someday, somebody who believes as you do wins.
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A sense of acquiring more mistakes and regrets the older you get, but also deeper growth in learning from these things. The value of experience.
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The heart is that which lies at the centre of things, and is also formless. It is simple awareness devoid of movement to and fro, of past and future, within and without, merit and harm. Wherever the centre of a thing lies, there lies its heart, for the word 'heart' means centrality.
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We all have an expectancy of something, but who's to say it always goes that way? Nine times out of 10, life never goes that way.
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I think it's a really powerful time right now for women. There's a lot to say and women are being heard…
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I'm probably the least flexible athlete you'll find. When it comes to yoga, I can't get in the positions and I can't hold them. You have to be pretty flexible to do it. Once you get certain positions, you have to have the core strength to hold those positions. It's a pretty good workout.
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I teach people that no matter what the situation is, no matter how chaotic, no matter how much drama is around you, you can heal by your presence if you just stay within your center.
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I grew up in the southern United States in a city which at that time during the late '40's and early '50's was the most segregated city in the country, and in a sense learning how to oppose the status quo was a question of survival.
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I remember as a kid during devotional in church when the “old” people would say they woke up with a song on their heart. I guess “old” people wake up with poems on their hearts too.
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There is nothing to save, now all is lost, but a tiny core of stillness in the heart like the eye of a violet.
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It’s like walking on a 1970 blaze orange shag carpet… in a kitchen…
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And broader still became the blaze, and louder still the din, And fast from every village round the horse came spurring in.
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I honestly don't need much money. People love to buy me drinks. Hostesses love to feed me. Famous artists lavish me with expensive artworks, and heiresses do the same with jewels that I promptly lose.
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Again the violet of our early days Drinks beauteous azure from the golden sun, And kindles into fragrance at his blaze.
