Marianne Williamson Quotes
If you did something in 1975 that you deeply regret and that you now can recognize as having been profoundly irresponsible, for example, the only way to be lifted out of deep regret and the pain over it is through atonement - through the kind of remorse that leads to genuine atonement, the making of amends, and forgiveness of self and others.
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I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.
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Over the years, with all the experience, I've become more mature about the subjects I pick. I have a better understanding of what works at the box office. Once the story is finalised, I surrender to the director and follow him. After that, my performances speak for themselves.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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I cannot even remember a time before being conscious of James Bond.
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Panama's a really wonderful country. There's obviously the Panama Canal, which brings a lot of tourism, and a huge American influence; it's just a mix of so many great things: African, Caribbean, Latin American Spanish, all kinds of influences there.
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When people are poor, they find ways of making things taste like fish.
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If a patient is cold, if a patient is feverish, if a patient is faint, if he is sick after taking food, if he has a bed-sore, it is generally the fault not of the disease, but of the nursing.
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I love spending time researching a character and reading about them.
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It was weird - writing is a stupid thing to do. I come up here in the morning to a pleasant room in the roof of my house and imagine I'm a black South American football superstar; then I have to imagine I'm a female pop celebrity who's pregnant. It's a completely mad way to spend your time.
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Two half philosophers will probably never a whole metaphysician make.
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When I speak of family, I immediately think of a support system who can give you a reality check when you need it: a mirror reflection of myself. I believe that we are a result of our family - the people who encourage us and tell us the truth about who we are which helps us to grow through their advice and wisdom.
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I grew up as a Southern Baptist with strict adherence to the Bible, which I read as a youngster.
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Half of my life, I've had people staring at me because they think I'm funny-looking and ugly. The other half of my life, I've had people staring at me because they think I'm fascinating. Everything neutralises. It's more of a statement on society and how weird it is.
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If you can accept losing, you can't win.
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Everybody always thinks the grass is always greener.
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I'd rather die than let somebody get the better of me.
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Those who believe in God because their experience of life and the facts of nature prove his existence must have led sheltered lives and closed their hearts to the voice of their brothers' blood.
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In all of us, there is a struggle between the good and the bad. It makes it more palpable and real to play such people as an actor.
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The last duty of a central banker is to tell the public the truth.
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Part of me wonders what it would have been like to have had my first experience of India in a normal way, rather than through the eyes of a film.
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You can relate to somebody's pain and you have compassion, which can lead to intimacy.
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I'm very touched on a deep level by cruelty to animals.
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I had started to wonder if maybe my life wouldn't always hold so much pain if I could just find the courage to let it go.
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If you did something in 1975 that you deeply regret and that you now can recognize as having been profoundly irresponsible, for example, the only way to be lifted out of deep regret and the pain over it is through atonement - through the kind of remorse that leads to genuine atonement, the making of amends, and forgiveness of self and others.
