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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I think I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not really aware of that time passing. I don't feel that I'm wasteful with time. But I'm not aware of it passing.
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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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One way to evaluate your own reputation is to think about what would be said of you at your eulogy.
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I have come far, but not far enough. It is still a man's world.
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A few years ago, a friend said to me: "You do realize, Ian, when X-Men and Lord of the Rings come out, your life will totally change?" I didn't know what he was talking about, but he was right. My life has totally changed - but in a good way. Unbeknownst to me, it's given me a lot more confidence.
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More power to the people who get to choose their roles. I don't.
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The best things in life cannot be willed into being.
