Eric Swanson Quotes
Thinking is the natural activity of the mind. Meditation is not about stopping your thoughts. Meditation is simply a process of resting the mind in its natural state, which is open to and naturally aware of thoughts, emotions, and sensations as they occur.
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Any competent actor could have done what I did.
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Fear and its accompanying emotional reactions have become part of the public mindset. Such reactions, while often legitimate, are also being exploited with increasing frequency for political ends.
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Recollection is not something that I can summon up, it simply comes and I am the servant of it.
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I had some interesting costumes... the one that I remember right offhand is Zorro when I was a lot younger. I was a big time Zorro fan. My mom helped me make it, and I remember having a big issue with the fact that she wouldn't let me carry around a real metal sword; it just had to be plastic.
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Whether rich people make money or lose money, they get no sympathy from the public.
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I'm a product of my Irish culture, and I could no more lose that than I could my sense of identity.
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Hmmm... I never get the answer I think I'm going to get.
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I've been in Los Angeles for a while, and the kind of psychological connection that one makes to people, it just doesn't happen out here.
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TRUE! - nervous - very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?
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This obligation to move can be a burden to a player without strategic vision.
Garry Kasparov -
'Maybe it’s not as bad as she fears. Old people always think the world is going to ruin. It’s their job.''Maybe they’re right,' Floyd replied.
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We’re building what’s called a private cloud for them the C.I.A., … because they don’t want to be on the public cloud.
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My favourite things are jokes, friendliness and feeling comfortable.
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Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.
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I cannot believe that the American people and the people they elected would use the Constitution to stifle any group's rights.
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I do tend to be an anxious fellow, and I do tend to see the world as a little darker than perhaps it genuinely is, but I also do appreciate much more than a rosy scenario, I appreciate straight news. I appreciate honesty.
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The real questions are: Does it solve a problem? Is it serviceable? How is it going to look in ten years?
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At 50, I began to know who I was. It was like waking up to myself.
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We've got a generation now who were born with semiequality. They don't know how it was before, so they think, this isn't too bad. We're working. We have our attache' cases and our three piece suits. I get very disgusted with the younger generation of women. We had a torch to pass, and they are just sitting there. They don't realize it can be taken away. Things are going to have to get worse before they join in fighting the battle.
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The problems that other writers encounter are so fascinating to me as a writer and as a thinker about writing. I have found that many times, my students are experiencing problems that I myself have experienced in my work, but the solution is different because they're different people.
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Art should startle the viewer into thinking about the meaning of life.
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Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give.
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Thinking is the natural activity of the mind. Meditation is not about stopping your thoughts. Meditation is simply a process of resting the mind in its natural state, which is open to and naturally aware of thoughts, emotions, and sensations as they occur.
