Marianne Williamson Quotes
What if we truly believed that there is a beneficent order to things, a force that's holding things together without our conscious control? What if we could see, in our daily lives, the working of that force? What if we believed it loved us somehow and cared for us, and protected us? What if we believed we could afford to relax?
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One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community.
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Melville brought to the task a sound knowledge of actual whaling, much curious learning in the literature of the subject, and, above all, an imagination which worked with great power upon the facts of his own experience.
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People often try to disguise televisions. I always think that makes it worse. It is what it is!
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A man's motive in the small actions of daily life, like resting a moment on his pitchfork in the sun and listening intently, may be the most important thing about that man.
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I've always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something.
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I don't mind what the role is at all; I just want to play cool characters.
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Date a woman with children only if you are ready to man up, because it's a position that comes with responsibility.
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An object is not first imagined or thought about and then expected or willed, but in being actively expected it is imagined as future and in being willed it is thought.
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The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.
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No one's ever happy with their position in Hollywood. You hear that from people you'd never dream would complain.
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I do not favor the gag order.
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Anything that we do to make ourselves feel worthy and safe is a flight from the pain of powerlessness. Every pursuit of external power - every attempt to change the world or a person in order to make yourself feel valuable and safe - is a distraction from the pain of powerlessness.
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If there was a time when 'The Ecologist' appeared not to be making a difference at all, not doing something useful, I wouldn't do 'The Ecologist,' but I think it is useful.
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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I've had so many injuries in my life that it's ridiculous.
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Everyone is always telling me that I must be exhausted, but I've learned how to use my time well, and that includes holidays to recharge. I always try to give myself big chunks of time to think about what the next project is going to be.
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In all likelihood, you've been treated by a Muslim doctor or served by a Muslim waiter or worked beside a Muslim computer programmer. Even if you think, 'I don't know any Muslims,' it's probably not true.
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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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Now, since I'm a husband and father, discrimination against women isn't just political, it's personal.
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When I've had hard times in my life, the one thing about being in TV is that it's positive. I withdrew to 'Cheers,' it was familiar in that it was family. It had a kind of realistic positiveness to it.
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Some primal termite knocked on wood And tasted it, and found it good! And that is why your Cousin May Fell through the parlor floor today.
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After being in a gym, you're super hungry all the time because you're burning all these calories.
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Our country has the oldest tradition of storytelling, and this was much before writing stories even became a norm.
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What if we truly believed that there is a beneficent order to things, a force that's holding things together without our conscious control? What if we could see, in our daily lives, the working of that force? What if we believed it loved us somehow and cared for us, and protected us? What if we believed we could afford to relax?
