George Arthur Buttrick Quotes
Life is essentially a series of events to be lived through rather than intellectual riddles to be played with and solved.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
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Hopefully, film inspires you to think about human nature. It make us consider how we treat strangers and our most intimate.
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Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure.
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It is not good enough for things to be planned - they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation.
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I was successful materially, but I know life is much more than worldly success. I saw all these blessings God had given me. The way to give thanks is obedience to God.
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I believe that work can be done on security; in combating terrorism in Mexico we have done our part in this area. But at the same time, the world must continue working.
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The most important thing is to enjoy yourself and have a good time.
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Welcome those big, sticky, complicated problems. In them are your most powerful opportunities.
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I am different because I have better schooling, better understanding of the line, gesture, how feet working, positions. They taught me modern things... and I wanted to give what I had: my schooling.
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Sincere practice, makes the impossible possible.
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I consider myself lucky to have been born into a family that valued service to both one's country and one's community.
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Some call me a Cuban hyphen American. I reject that. I don't believe in hyphenated Americans.
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In a fallen world, if you demand perfection or nothing, you will always get nothing.
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Life is a book that never ends. Chapters close, but not the book itself. The end of one physical incarnation is like the end of a chapter, on some level setting up the beginning of another.
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Your body's ability to function as a clean and efficient channel is limited by stiffness, lack of strength, and lack of endurance. Your mind's ability is limited by the way it thinks about itself, by the way you think about you. The process of yoga is one of undoing the obstructions and limitations in your body and mind that inhibit the free flow of creative life force.
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I think sometimes when you play those extra shifts, it gets you into the game a little bit more and gets you a little bit more involved.
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Know your literary tradition, savor it, steal from it, but when you sit down to write, forget about worshiping greatness and fetishizing masterpieces.
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After the events of the 20th century, God, quite reasonably, left Europe. But He's still here in the United States.
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This is a continuation of what I started two years ago with 'Don Giovanni.' I want to continue this tradition of bringing highlights of great operas on the series.
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Life is essentially a series of events to be lived through rather than intellectual riddles to be played with and solved.
