David Fontana Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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We all have thoughts and feelings that we believe are fundamental to our lives but that are better left unspoken.
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Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
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The tension between the essence of spiritual teachings and the harmful fundamentalism that often arises in the name of religion is an issue that has engaged my mind practically as far back as I can remember.
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I've always been like this - insecure - because I'm striving for something that can't be attained. I don't just want to be OK at this: I want to be the best at it, and I've never achieved that in my mind.
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Racism still exists in the sport of boxing.
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I'm probably the most militant person you'll ever meet and I speak my mind without provocation sometimes.
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I can write all the way through the morning, when my mind is clear, and there are no distractions.
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Fencing is a game of living chess, a match where reflexes only work in combination with intent, and mind and body must work together at every moment.
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In general in New York, we all eat like kings. Insane quality, mind-blowing variety, at all price ranges.
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A curious mind is the most important attribute any man or woman can possess.
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It was always in the back of my mind while we were working on the first year of 'Rookie' that we'd do a print version at some point.
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Put your mind on the gospel. And remember - there's one God for all.
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Most music that you hear is in synch with itself. We were experimenting with the music falling out of synch with itself and even though it is out of synch you mind can still understand what it is meant to be doing.
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As instruments for knowing the objects, the sense organs are outside, and so they are called outer senses; and the mind is called the inner sense because it is inside. But the distinction between inner and outer is only with reference to the body; in truth, there is neither inner nor outer. The mind's nature is to remain pure like ether.
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Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood and steel and brass.
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My initial thoughts of becoming a lawyer changed in high school as I became more attracted to math and science and began talking about being an engineer.
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The Real is ever-present, like the screen on which the cinematographic pictures move. While the picture appears on it, the screen remains invisible. Stop the picture, and the screen will become clear. All thoughts and events are merely pictures moving on the screen of Pure Consciousness, which alone is real.
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Your look reflects what's happening in your mind. You gotta have some swag to you.
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The gap between the committed and the indifferent is a Sahara whose faint trails, followed by the mind's eye only, fade out in sand.
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Turkish cuisine is, to my mind, one of the most exciting and accomplished in the world.
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I feel like I’m eighty years old. I’m tired of life and my mind wants to die.
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Unions can play a valuable role in large organisations where it is difficult to talk to a thousand people. They can negotiate annual pay awards with management, represent grievance cases, and explain and advise on complicated changes in employment or pension law.
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For almost a century, Jascha Heifetz was the performer all others wished to emulate, a genius whose technique and musicianship earned him accolades as 'the perfect violinist'.
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The mind is still there even when thoughts are not.
