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		Feeling compassion for ourselves in no way releases us from responsibility for our actions. Rather, it releases us from the self-hatred that prevents us from responding to our life with clarity and balance.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tara Brach 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		At times I wonder whether or not your role as a member of Parliament... may in fact inhibit a relationship developing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Lara Giddings 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I make a living playing rock n' roll. I'm not going to complain about anything. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Taylor Hawkins 
			 
			
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		The truth, it is said, is rarely pure or simple, yet genetics can at times seem seductively transparent. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Iain McGilchrist 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You learn to control every aspect of your muscles, your face, your toes, your fingernails. And that is how you tell a story, through movement. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Karlie Kloss 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				E. M. Forster 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		In Valdosta, Ga., during a mini-tour event, a player named James Black bet me $20 he could put five golf balls in his mouth and then close his mouth all the way. I tried it but could get only two in there. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gary McCord 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		The big turning point, really, was the Beatles' influence on American folk music, and then Roger took it to the next step, and then along came the Lovin' Spoonful and everybody else. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Barry McGuire 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Through Hamas, Iran has been able to buy itself a seat on the table in talking about the Palestinian issue. And, as a result, through Hamas it does play a role in the issue of the Palestinians, as strange as that should sound. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Abdullah II of Jordan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The Lakers are family. My kids don't have to switch schools. Little things like that are important. People don't think about things like that. I feel like something special is going to happen in this town. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Lamar Odom 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I know when you're in the business of cover sports, you look for 60-minute games and a result. It's never that simple. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gary Bettman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm like an old vampire, so it's important to talk to young people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Manolo Blahnik 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Baruch Spinoza 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		Young girls passed me with romance still in their eyes, and others, a little older, with the romance dead. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				John Buchan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If there's any single talent a writer needs, it's persistence. If you can keep at your writing and you can learn as you write, you can tell any story you want to tell. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Octavia E. Butler 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Karl Kraus 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Sailing is the closest I can get to nature - it's adrenaline, fear, a constant challenge and learning experience, an adventure into the unknown. And of course there is nothing better than wearing the same T-shirt for days and not brushing my hair for weeks. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Daria Werbowy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Feeling compassion for ourselves in no way releases us from responsibility for our actions. Rather, it releases us from the self-hatred that prevents us from responding to our life with clarity and balance. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tara Brach