Marianne Williamson Quotes
I feel that people who haven't read my books and haven't heard me lecture - who don't in fact know what my work is about - have been very hard on me. There is an expression in Alcoholics Anonymous called "contempt prior to investigation." I feel many people practice contempt prior to investigation.
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I smoke, isn't that terrible?
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Free imagination is the inestimable prerogative of youth and it must be cherished and guarded as a treasure.
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M*A*S*H' was a collection of people, in front of and behind the cameras, that really clicked.
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Generally speaking, I like all music, but Pink Floyd and Muse are my favorite bands.
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That's a funny thing, because it's 3 rivals who get a long great on the club that are friends Neimar, Lionel Messi and Louise Alberto Suarez. And it's something kinda impossible to imagine that it would happen. But it did and things have been working for us. Of course we mess with each other when someone goes to the national team, but we get a long great.
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There is zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.
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I feel that people who haven't read my books and haven't heard me lecture - who don't in fact know what my work is about - have been very hard on me. There is an expression in Alcoholics Anonymous called "contempt prior to investigation." I feel many people practice contempt prior to investigation.
