Bonnie St. John Quotes
I do a lot of to-dos and a lot of lists. I realized I had to make room for joy. So I added "to feel" items on my to-do list. That's something you can easily do.
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We all have stories for a reason, and if we keep them to ourselves, I don't feel they would help anybody.
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As I'm writing, certain things become clear to me and certain things begin to feel right and make sense. The pieces start to fall into place.
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I just feel it's important to make sure that behind the scenes is as filled with diverse voices as in front of the scene is.
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I do and re-do things that I used to do in a flash, because I want to be more perfectionist about these things. Maybe it sounds pompous and pretentious, but that's the way I feel.
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I feel like I have so many stories basting in my mind, and they come busting out when they're ready.
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When you do scenes that are just exposition, they feel false.
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I don't feel like an idol to anybody. I don't feel anybody should look up to me.
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I feel totally French – I don't feel half-French because of my dual nationality. For me, dual nationality just means I don't deny my roots.
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It's good to laugh at times that feel inappropriate.
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A lot of my creative energy is spent coming up with a concept that, once I get it, I feel like it writes itself.
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A psychologist said to me, there are only two important questions you have to ask yourself. What do you really feel? And, what do you really want? If you can answer those two, you probably can leave your neuroses behind you.
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There's a plaque on our wall that says we've sold over 65 million albums, and I don't feel I've accomplished anything. I feel like I'm just getting started.
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I feel comfortable with the ball in my hands.
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I think that peace is, in many ways, a precondition of joy.
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It's such a joy to talk to a roomful of people who have read my novel and are eager to talk about it.
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I feel very lucky.
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Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, creeds follow one another, but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons, a possession for all eternity.
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In tennis it's easy to get greedy - and one Grand Slam doesn't feel enough any more.
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We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations
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I have this sensation of being in flight all the time, but being on stage is like creating a sanctuary in which you can completely lose yourself. The bits of your personality that you keep under wraps in ordinary life, you can let them run free.
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If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music. … I cannot tell if I would have done any creative work of importance in music, but I do know that I get most joy in life out of my violin.
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I don't want to talk about the specifics of other people's performances compared with my own. I'd never do that.
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I do a lot of to-dos and a lot of lists. I realized I had to make room for joy. So I added "to feel" items on my to-do list. That's something you can easily do.
