Albert Ellis Quotes
Acceptance is not love. You love a person because he or she has lovable traits, but you accept everybody just because they're alive and human.
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Body experience... is the centre of creation.
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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Sotomayor's vainglorious lecture bromide about herself as 'a wise Latina' trumping white men is a vulgar embarrassment - a vestige of the bad old days of male-bashing feminism.
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Our house is a constant mayhem of music, noise, socializing and business. It vibrates life, as a house should.
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Life is neither comedy or tragedy, life is what you make of it.
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Every time a blast happens, people ask, 'But why would someone do this?' Weirdly, it hasn't been answered well anywhere - neither in fiction nor non-fiction.
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On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.
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One of the biggest challenges for the MENA region is unemployment coupled with high population growth rates. The World Bank is committed to supporting infrastructure projects that will help with job creation across the region.
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You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there.
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The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being.
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I am a good, strong word giver; I am a jealous guard of my own secrets. Freedom is the rule; I am hungry for one good thing I can do.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us.
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I'm a food addict, that's my downfall.
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I was getting a little bored with my hair. It's kind of a symbolic thing, just getting rid of the past, moving forward. It's amazing what a reaction you get when you cut your hair.
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To all my people back in Nashville who have been there from the start, you put your faith in me. You were there for the long haul.
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I see retirement as just another of these reinventions, another chance to do new things and be a new version of myself.
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Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk.
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The process of unleashing worms on organic waste such as food scraps and grass clippings is known as 'vermicomposting.' Amateur horticulturists and hippies have been doing it on a small scale for decades.
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I see city finances within the context of an economic strategy... We are going to solve our financial problems by growing the economy, and I have rejected some corners that have called for a slash-and-burn approach, and I've rejected others who have called for raising taxes and leaving government as is.
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Around the age of 14, I was very discouraged from a coach. It was my first youth club team while playing soccer. She told me at the time that I wasn't good enough to play on the team, that I would never get into the game.
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Making clever speeches takes a lot of work and a lot of time.
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Acceptance is not love. You love a person because he or she has lovable traits, but you accept everybody just because they're alive and human.
