Alan Cohen Quotes
Joy is not the result of getting what you want; it is the way to get what you want. In the deepest sense, joy is what you want.Alan Cohen
Quotes to Explore
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I was quite nervous about meeting William's father, but he was very, very welcoming, very friendly, it couldn't have gone easier really for me.
Kate Middleton -
I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
Wayne Gretzky -
There's nothing scarier than unlimited choices.
Oscar Isaac -
But an innovation, to grow organically from within, has to be based on an intact tradition, so our idea is to bring together musicians who represent all these traditions, in workshops, festivals, and concerts, to see how we can connect with each other in music.
Yo-Yo Ma -
No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken to individualize - as her personal problem - observations she makes about the beauty myth in society.
Naomi Wolf -
Creative people are more prone to depression.
Adam Ant Adam and the Ants
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We are constantly competing with the monsters from the id.
Walter Becker China Crisis -
As long as my sixth graders showed an average improvement of five years, the principal and district pretty much left me alone to create my own curriculum and teach whatever I wanted.
Dan Simmons -
I just think that if one is going to preach nonviolence and one is going to advocate for nonviolence, one's standard should be consistent.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making drunken mistakes, that was death.
Sammy Davis, Jr. -
I'm just going to do me; I'm not trying to do the Eminem thing, the D12 thing or the 50 thing.
Obie Trice -
I did all sorts of jobs after drama school - working in a bar, as a teaching assistant. I probably learned as much from them as I did at drama school.
Laura Carmichael
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I once went into a meeting, and every woman put her a million-pound bag on the table. Then I'm there with my tote bag and anorak. And I'm like, well, I'm still the most important person in the room right now.
Caitlin Moran -
I'm old enough to chew my peas and corn without choking.
Henry Saint Clair Fredericks -
The English king's power was curbed by Parliament, though that wasn't always a good thing, as politicians often behave no better than monarchs - there are just more of them.
Karen Maitland -
The name Jack was given by an American tourist.
Jack Ma -
To see things in the seed, that is genius.
Lao Tzu -
I see that I am to wait for what will be exhibited by death.
Walt Whitman
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Yo Premier, why these rappers so soft? They corny ass raps be makin me doze off.
Lawrence "Kris" Parker Boogie Down Productions -
Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.
Norman Vincent Peale -
Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves.
Gautama Buddha -
A lot of people think that reptiles don't feel, and they do. I think everyone should keep in mind what it is they are buying and if it is really worth it to them.
Laura Vandervoort -
To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.
Confucius -
Joy is not the result of getting what you want; it is the way to get what you want. In the deepest sense, joy is what you want.
Alan Cohen