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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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I actually feel like the phrase 'big in Japan' is not appropriate for me. The reason is that there are more people who sympathize with my practice in America than there are domestically in Japan.
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Many animal rescue organizations hit with a hard-core, heartbreaking message. Their videos and stories can become difficult for average people to watch. By taking a more positive, heartwarming approach to animal rescue, I've been able to engage people and keep them engaged for years. Instead of selling the agony and misery - and sadly, there is no shortage of that - I start with the happy endings. I work backwards so the first message they get is joy and success due to their involvement. Opening the mind with humor and joy gets the rescue message in that much deeper.
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It's not easy to put a smile on people's faces.
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No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.
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Here's the truth. Your teens and twenties are your Plan A. At 50, you're assessing whether Plan B or Plan C or any of the other plans you hatched actually worked. Your sixties and seventies, they're an improvisation.
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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.
