Parker Palmer Quotes
There is as much guidance in way that closes behind us as in way that opens up ahead of us. The opening may reveal our potentials while the closing may reveal our limits-two sides to the same coin, the coin called identity.
Quotes to Explore
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What I think I have in common with the school of deconstruction is the mode of negative thinking or negative awareness, in the technical, philosophical sense of the negative, but which comes to me through negative theology.
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What I generally get from being in Africa is a sense of warmth and openness. As a stranger, you are always welcomed into people's homes and people are always offering you food. That generosity is incredibly touching.
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I had studied theater for three years in London when someone suggested me for the role.
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The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes.
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By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.
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The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me.
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I speak my mind. That's what we loved Tupac for.
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I felt like I had two fathers. I had my real father and the father in my head.
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I'm a private person. I'm shy about people knowing things.
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A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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A lot of artists don't like the sound of their voice. They're put off by it.
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A man has a birthright to be tired and retired. I am retired completely.
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I've never walked away from any of my positions. I take pride in them.
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I was excited to get the opportunity to sing something in a movie 'cause I love musicals and I would love to be able to do more movie musicals, in the future.
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Sometimes people who are Jewish are held to a higher standard which sometimes we take great pride in.
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I actually got started in acting when I was in pre-school. I was really into dance and performing, so my mom had me in dance classes, and then I got involved in a local theater company.
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If your kitchen smells good, your food lost something.
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My style is kind of eclectic and I don't like to do the same thing over and over again. I like to have fun and explore myself so you won't see the same design.
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I used to beg for auditions. Now, they're being thrown at me.
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I don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements.
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I just didn't make music that you could sing with a big grin, still don't.
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To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
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I wept heartily over this poor little deceased soul. It was the first sentient being I had ever killed. I was now a killer. I was now as guilty as Cain. I was sixteen years old, a harmless boy, bookish and religious, and now I had blood on my hands. It's a terrible burden to carry. All sentient life is sacred.
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There is as much guidance in way that closes behind us as in way that opens up ahead of us. The opening may reveal our potentials while the closing may reveal our limits-two sides to the same coin, the coin called identity.
