Elizabeth Lesser Quotes
One does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled at the art of living.
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I know what to do and I go and execute.
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I'm interested in playing, not working.
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Everyone dreams of living in Paris.
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Democracy is about non-arbitrary decisions. Democracy is about spreading decisions; it is not about destroying processes.
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I think they could of recast the children, I heard of people wanting to do something like that. That would be a nice little show to do but you know that show was of the 80's, I don't think the audience mind set is in that direction any longer.
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Conrad Black is a picture of a man hugely enjoying himself.
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You've got certain guys that just want to be famous and then you've got the real musicians that just love playing music.
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If we don't have accurate information, if we are not able to tell difficult truth one to another, we will never be able to effectively design a policy for Iraq.
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The house where I grew up in the Hancock Park section of Los Angeles was like a dream - even though my family faced threats after my father bought it in August 1948.
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Television is what it's always been. The best of times and the worst of times at the same time.
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I eat mostly vegetarian. I love meat, but I think it should be enjoyed on occasion - like cheesecake or blackouts.
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I still when I wake up hit the ground running; and having an illness, I'm only one of hundreds of thousands of people that live with an illness, and I'm just in awe of the bravery and dignity of the people I see at the hospital.
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Congress seems to thrive on breaking promises and passing unfunded mandates down to local government. It's really just a matter of priorities.
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I wouldn't ask other people to invest in my race if I wasn't willing to invest in it myself.
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The goal for me is always to have the opportunity to work in different genres. This is a great and exciting time in my career, where I can have the opportunity to work in different genres, and also I recognize there's not a lot of actors who have that opportunity and I'm grateful for it.
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Violence and arms can never resolve the problems of men.
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I do have fun writing, and a long time ago, I told myself, 'You got to have fun at this, or it'll drive you nuts.'
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I was in Jungian analysis for 20 years, 1976-96.
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The best number for a dinner party is two; myself and a damn good head waiter.
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Meditation allows us to deal with life as it is rather than looking at it and comparing it with how we think it's supposed to be.
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There was a willow hanging over the mill-pool and I learned to climb it. It belonged to a butcher on the Stratford Road, I think. One day they cut it down. They didn't do anything with it: the log just lay there. I never forgot that.
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One does not practice meditation to become a great meditator. We meditate to wake up and live, to become skilled at the art of living.
