Eliot Pattison Quotes
A man’s life, Choje taught his monks, did not move in a linear progression, with each day an equal chit on the calendar of existence. Rather it moved from defining moment to defining moment, marked by the decisions that roiled the soul.
Eliot Pattison
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I placed over a thousand deaf people in jobs throughout my career working for the deaf.
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Give the peasants neither life nor death.
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If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.
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I have no regrets. I've got my health.
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An author's life is different, complex, and ongoing, while a character's remains frozen in one little story.
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Unfortunately, I experienced some sexual abuse. It was a known and admitted fact of life amongst us that there was this particular man, and you didn't want to be left in the dressing room with him. It took many years to come to terms with it and to forgive those incidents that I felt had deeply hurt me.
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A man’s life, Choje taught his monks, did not move in a linear progression, with each day an equal chit on the calendar of existence. Rather it moved from defining moment to defining moment, marked by the decisions that roiled the soul.
Eliot Pattison
