DeBarra Mayo Quotes
Inside each of us dwells a more-perfect self waiting to unfold. It cries loudly for release, yet it is sometimes ignored. To answer its call, you must take time to listen.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't like the word 'experiment' in the context of art in general. It implies something immature, unfinished, something entertaining for a moment before it becomes irrelevant.
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I'm not a monarchist. But I'm English. And I have an irrational emotion for my country.
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I come from an area where it's mostly, like, football and basketball, those are the sports. So my brother started surfing... I used to make fun of him for it, and then he challenged me to do it, and I'm a huge competitor, and I did it ,and I got hooked.
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Be drawn to the visual arts for it can expand your imagination.
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The idea of a stag hunt evokes chivalry - knights in jerkins and hose, ladies on sidesaddles with wimples and billowing dresses, a white stag symbolizing something-or-other, and Robin Hood getting in the way. An actual stag hunt is more like a horseback meeting of a county planning commission.
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You cannot be seeking yourself when you're making money.
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Family and God - that is what's important. Money, cars, those are things that come and go.
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I've decided I am going to start loving my backside because I don't know anyone who does that.
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Winning is about heart, not just legs. It's got to be in the right place.
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Laws, like houses, lean on one another.
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The Catholic Church is an innately conservative rock - they call themselves the 'rock of Peter' - and its resistance to change is, ironically, what has kept it constant throughout the ages.
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While books expand horizons by exposing us to worlds outside our own, children also need to see themselves, their experiences and their cultures reflected in books they read. Unfortunately, for too many children, this is not the norm.
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I never wanted to be like other blues singers. I might like hearing them play, but I've never wanted to be anyone other than myself. There are a few people that I've wished I could play like, but when I tried, it didn't work.
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I have worshipped woman as the living embodiment of the spirit of service and sacrifice.
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Both class and race survive education, and neither should. What is education then? If it doesn't help a human being to recognize that humanity is humanity, what is it for? So you can make a bigger salary than other people?
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I would like to get a good education, get married, and have kids.
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I'd like to be able to use Storm's powers for good, like have it rain more in Southern California. We could do with it.
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Very few males have the confidence to appear vulnerable.
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Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.
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We have got to wake up in this country and realize that we are not a great team. We coach too much at a young age and we take the skill away from our youngsters.
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When works of art are presented like rare butterflies on the walls, they're decontextualized. We admire their beauty, and I have nothing against that, per se. But there is more to art than that.
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The wise man is not waiting for the realness of the world to prove itself to him. How can one be an authority before the experiencing of this realness? My master taught me-and to me it seems chash, meaning correct-that you must not defend against the entering of knowledge.
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The core of my personality consists of many selves.
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Inside each of us dwells a more-perfect self waiting to unfold. It cries loudly for release, yet it is sometimes ignored. To answer its call, you must take time to listen.
