Sting Quotes
Yoga introduced me to a style of meditation. The only meditation I would have done before would be in the writing of songs.
Quotes to Explore
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.
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My father was a factory worker, and we were really poor. But everything I earned peddling papers and working in stores, he made me put aside for education.
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Of all Iraq's rocket scientists, none drew warier scrutiny abroad than Modher Sadeq-Saba Tamimi.
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It's very likely that I will finish my career as Swiss national coach.
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Reddit is where anyone can come and tell their real story.
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Jordan has to show the Arab world that there's another way of doing things. We're a monarchy, yes, but if we can show democracy that leads to a two-, three-, four-party system - left, right and center - in a couple of years' time, then the Muslim Brotherhood will no longer be something to contend with.
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My schedule is so crazy.
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Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar.
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Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
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Whether we like it or not, men and women are not the same in nature, temperament, emotions and emotional responses.
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I wake up every morning and I wish I were dead, and so does Jim.
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I first met my husband when I was 15. He was very cool, in a band, all that kind of thing, but he took a long time to grow up. Our paths crossed again 10 years later, and after about two weeks I knew that was it. I'm glad I met him when I did, even though I was fairly young. Because I think sometimes you can crystallise into singledom.
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I am not the kind of leader who pontificates about what should be done - I don't operate on scenarios, and I am not a prophet.
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I was a 'young adult' when I wrote 'The Outsiders,' although it was not a genre at the time. It's an interesting time of life to write about, when your ideals get slammed up against reality, and you must compromise.
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The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.
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To be the outsider is actually a great thing in England.
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The bottom line: health care reform is about the patient, not about the physician.
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I have never worn dresses by grands couturiers.
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In space, you need to exercise your heart since it's not pumping blood around at the same rate.
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I wrote 'Mr. In-Between' very quickly when I was about 23. I wrote the penultimate chapter, then realised I'd done something which was written to the best of my abilities. I panicked. I hesitated to finish the final chapter and went into withdrawal for three years. I decided to pick it up again after I went drinking with author Tim Binding.
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Writing the first draft is like hitting the beach on D Day. You don't stop to mourn the dead or comfort the wounded. You get off the beach because, if you don't, you'll die there.
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If you do not love what you do, if you are not appropriately grateful for the chance to create something magical each time you sit down at the computer or with a pencil and paper in hand, somewhere along the way your writing will betray you.
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Yoga introduced me to a style of meditation. The only meditation I would have done before would be in the writing of songs.
