Khalil Gibran Quotes
If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.
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My sisters used to learn dance, and I used to stand behind them and dance. So my guruji suggested that I also learn, as I seemed interested. I started learning at the age of three and was always on stage for something or the other. My mother is proud of me, and clearly my artistic bent comes from her.
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Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
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Up until 1995, I still had a day job that I hated. I was still personally involved in things in the 90s.
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Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.
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When I sit down with my notebook, when I start scribbling words across the page, I find out what I'm feeling.
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Good food and a warm kitchen are what makes a house a home. I always tried to make my home like my mother's, because Mom was magnificent at stretching a buck when it came to decorating and food. Like a true Italian, she valued beautification in every area of her life, and I try to do the same.
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I have a very 'theatre' face. I have what they call a wide mask. I probably would have been a big film star in the '20s with the silent films where they used a lot of key lighting, and make-up carved out your face.
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When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.
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Normally in dangerous situations I have a getaway car.
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People like Art Blakey and Buddy Rich, you look at them playing music, and it's just like looking at a heavy metal drummer. I mean, they're playing with the same amount of ferocity. It's not to say all jazz is like that.
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My mom is a therapist, and my dad has a doctorate in psychology, and growing up, I felt 'very understood.'
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Remember, you can always find East by staring directly at the sun.
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Laws, like houses, lean on one another.
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Human nature is not nearly as bad as it has been thought to be.
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You know who's messianic? Netanyahu, because he talks that way. And that's a very risky position.
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Anyone who is afraid to lose isn't ready to win.
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Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.
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I love baseball. The game allowed me the influence to impact kids in a positive way. This gives me a chance to talk to some social issues.
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I'm just afraid I'm gonna miss it all... being married... being a mother.
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Dolly Parton... I love being around that woman! I worked really hard to keep up with her.
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The idea that I can be presented with a problem, set out to logically solve it with the tools at hand, and wind up with a program that could not be legally used because someone else followed the same logical steps some years ago and filed for a patent on it is horrifying.
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Stand firm as the tower that never shakes its top whatever wind may blow.
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Yes, when I get big and have my own home, no plush chairs and lace curtains for me. And no rubber plants. I'll have a desk like this in my parlor and white walls and a clean green blotter every Saturday night and a row of shining yellow pencils always sharpened for writing and a golden-brown bowl with a flower or some leaves or berries always in it and books . . . books . . . books. . . .
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If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.
