Marianne Williamson Quotes
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
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I still feel like I'm alone at times - even if I'm in the midst of a million people. Because no one - including me - understands my mind creatively. I haven't really been formally introduced to my gift yet. I feel like I'm still on the runway.
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When I was in high school I used to sit by myself in the cafeteria - not necessarily by choice - but I thought it was funny to talk to people that weren't there.
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I would describe my sound as classic Motown.
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Without being aware, I think I was being indoctrinated into what was called Vitalism, the idea that what makes life worth living, the good life, consists of accepting challenges, solving problems, discovery, personal growth, personal change.
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He who prays five times a day is in the protection of God, and he who is protected by God cannot be harmed by anyone.
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He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she. Real feminism is spinsterhood.
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Countries like France should not be naive. We don't have a French YouTube or Amazon or Netflix.
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I hate the way they portray us in the media. If you see a black family it says they're looting, if you see a white family it says they're looking for food.
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Hope is the most important four-letter word in the language.
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We ended up realizing that's not an economical way to create creatures, putting people in green leotards and figuring it out later. You can maybe do that if you're making 'Avatar,' but we need to know what the creatures look like before we turn on the camera.
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Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.
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I want to be able to be a father to my kids, where I've never seen my father, but my kids can see me whenever they want, so that was broken.
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On the taxing of banks, we have to find the level at which they squeal but still pay and open up the next day.
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I'm not a Hollywood basher because enough good movies come out of the Hollywood system every year to justify its existence, without any apologies.
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I see no conflict whatsoever between Christianity and good business practices. People say you can't mix business with religion. I say there's no other way.
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If there is a reason I'm able to make unsympathetic characters human, it's because it's my desire to find what drives the unsympathetic behavior. Almost always at the bottom of it is some deep insecurity. Putting your finger on what each individual's particular insecurity is goes a long way to fleshing that person out.
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Creating new jobs for Pennsylvanians continues to be my highest priority throughout the Commonwealth.
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I've always looked upon politics as a very boring thing. Politics never interested me as much as the people involved in it.
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Problem-solving becomes a very important part of our makeup as we grow into maturity or move up the corporate ladder.
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When we [Migos] talk about whatever we're talking about, and you visualise it, that's what we really went through.
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Hear my soul speak. Of the very instant that I saw you, did my heart fly at your service
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I just get really defensive as soon as anyone comes near my personal life. I made a decision early on that it's strictly off-limits. No exceptions.
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Politics is in a crisis because it's separated from our deep humanity.
