Anthony de Mello Quotes
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You want to find out what it is about you or what it is about your past and your lineage that's in you now, and whether you carry those traits and maybe what one's mission is to take it to the next level.
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It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.
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'RoboCop,' when that came out, was like the best comic book movie ever, and it's not based on a comic book.
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I have friends who say, 'You just can't understand what it's like to be a mother until you're a mother.'
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The lack of a consistent policy from major economies is the main source of volatility.
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There's no regrets for me.
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If I had a gun to my head and I had to choose between theater and film I'd choose theater.
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I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner.
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In disposition the Negro is joyous, flexible, and indolent; while the many nations which compose this race present a singular diversity of intellectual character, of which the far extreme is the lowest grade of humanity.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.
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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.
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In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.
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In business, every phase of things counts. Companies that just yell out a low price today to win business aren't going to make money in the long term.
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Life is a series of steps. Things are done gradually. Once in a while there is a giant step, but most of the time we are taking small, seemingly insignificant steps on the stairway of life.
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You can show me some stick ice cream and I can tell you if it's good or not just looking at it.
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I'm just an actress. They try to give me as little information as possible.
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Showbiz can be cruel.
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I'm not a very efficient filmmaker. There's a lot of guys, filmmakers like the Coen Brothers who shoot a whole movie and maybe don't use 12 setups. I'm in awe of people like that; I'm just not that guy.
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As soon as they're out of your sight, you are out of their mind.
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I suspect political fiction is at its best precisely when it doesn't preach, but restricts itself to showing the reader a different way of life or thought, and merely makes it clear that this is an end-point or outcome for some kind of political creed.
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Human beings, we have dark sides; we have dark issues in our lives. To progress anywhere in life, you have to face your demons.
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Life is ever evolving. The only certainty is change.
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The best things in life cannot be willed into being.
