Marianne Williamson Quotes
Taking the time to meditate is as important as taking the time to breathe. One pumps oxygen into the body, the other pumps peace into the mind.
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M.G.M. never really gave me a break. They loaned me out for leading roles but cast me in programme pictures.
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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Women with minimal access to resources and no access to child care have limited choices that too often mean low-wage and part-time labor. In rural communities in the developing world, when women farmers have unequal access to fertilizers or training, their farm productivity lags behind men.
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But we cannot rely on memorials and museums alone. We can tell ourselves we will never forget and we likely won't. But we need to make sure that we teach history to those who never had the opportunity to remember in the first place.
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I wanted to get a taste of what it would feel like to be a mum. I've always had a strong maternal instinct and ideally I would love one of my own.
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I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams.
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Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
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Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
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Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.
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The goal seems to me at times just to be business first.
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I think 'Tap Dogs' has lasted so long because people have a natural interest in tap dancing. This form of dancing can't be dated, it's such an intriguing form of dance because the feet are also an an instrument.
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I've said some things about other religions that I regret now. I think they were incorrect.
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I always have to have my lipstick. Sometimes I have more than one shade: start with one color for the morning, one for night. Sometimes I have a couple shades just in case I need something more powerful for the day.
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Education is at the heart of achieving your dreams.
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A lot of people have told me they have mothers like my mother. I seriously doubt it.
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I had never really felt settled in Brooklyn. I think it had to do with growing up in New Jersey and being someone who her whole life wanted to live in the city, and the city meant Manhattan.
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I learned early on not to listen to either critique - the people who love you or the people who don't like you.
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I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several thousand years; it is middling well as far as it goes - but is that all?
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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About every four years, someone says to me, 'I've got a friend who looks exactly like you.' What can you say to this?
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I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies.
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The arena of women's lives is somewhat more intimate. If a woman goes out with an incredibly attractive man and they break up, that woman is not more attractive to men. It's completely irrelevant to them. That's an example of the way women's minds work.
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All things in the natural world symbolize God, yet none of them speak of Him but in broken and imperfect words.
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Taking the time to meditate is as important as taking the time to breathe. One pumps oxygen into the body, the other pumps peace into the mind.
