Marianne Williamson Quotes
When we are truly aware of our spiritual glory, a varicose vein or two is not that big a deal.
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I find it fascinating that a lot of business books that do well are from people who've never made any money in business.
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Every man is different. You can't generalize with men; you have to find out what your man wants. You have to listen to him when he's telling you what he wants, because a lot of times they're telling you, but you're not listening.
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I'm convinced the fall of Aleppo will not end the war.
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
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A hundred struggle and drown in the breakers. One discovers the new world. But rather, ten times rather, die in the surf, heralding the way to that new world, than stand idly on the shore.
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I have glaucoma, so use eye drops both morning and night.
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Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level.
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There are co-ed schools in Saudi, but those are American or British. My dad, of course, believed in the good old CBSE Indian school system and thus, my younger brother Ishmeet and I were put in an all-boys CBSE school. My mother could move out only if she wore a burkha.
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A movie and a stage show are two entirely different things. A picture, you can do anything you want. Change it, cut out a scene, put in a scene, take a scene out. They don't do that on stage.
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After God and my family, it's surf. I don't imagine me not surfing. Surf brings me smile every day.
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My father used to sing to me in my mother's womb. I think I can name about any tune in two beats.
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Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis. The most exciting letters I received were from people in places like that.
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I get why certain actors want to stay in the closet.
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Every day, turn off your phone/email for some part of the day.
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I want my weekends off and I want to put my kids to bed. Those are good reasons to want to be in 'Batman 2'.
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Love is jealous, and ingenious in self-torture in proportion as it is pure and intense.
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But when you have bad governance, of course, these resources are destroyed: The forests are deforested, there is illegal logging, there is soil erosion. I got pulled deeper and deeper and saw how these issues become linked to governance, to corruption, to dictatorship.
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I'm not going to become a costume version or caricature of myself; I like to morph.
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I came back from university thinking I knew all about politics and racism, not knowing my dad had been one of the youngest-serving Labour councillors in the town and had refused to work in South Africa years ago because of the situation there. And he's never mentioned it - you just find out. That's a real man to me. A sleeping lion.
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Ink is the blood of the printing-press.
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I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, 'Ow, ow, put it back!'
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At home we have always regarded the dining table as the prime seat of learning. We planned it so it was impossible to see or hear a TV from the table, and it has paid dividends in the volume of ideas that have been shared over the evening meal.
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When we are truly aware of our spiritual glory, a varicose vein or two is not that big a deal.
