Marianne Williamson Quotes
I'm not bowled over by how different all the world's religions are - I'm bowled over by how similar they are.
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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Let us work toward greater cooperation with all Caribbean Countries, whether we speak English, Dutch, French or Spanish, whether we are independent or not, and whether we be island or continental territories.
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Being evil is easy.
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When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.
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I think there are ways to get so caught up in your career and being so heavy and dramatic, and everyone wants to be a tortured genius.
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I'm not really a piano player, but I play enough to get away with it.
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I am insecure. If you ask me, everybody is.
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The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.
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I saw the pilot for 'Girls' about six months before it aired.
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My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me.
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Seriously, who doesn't want to slap a 27-year-old movie star?
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.
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Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.
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Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.
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In the Depression we had to divert corn acreage.
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I feel like every word I say now, I can really inspire people.
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I wish sometimes that I could be Daniel Day-Lewis and say, 'You know what? If you want me to do this, I'm going to need a year to prepare myself.' But if I do that, they'll say, 'Thank you very much,' and they'll take someone else.
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It's not like I'm that wildly famous that it's disrupted my lifestyle in some way.
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There is a natural hootchy-kootchy motion to a goldfish.
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And I know I’ve lost. Everything is lost. Everything is over. “As the newly appointed President of this fair planet of ours,” the Mayor says, holding out his hands as if to show me the world for the first time,” let me be the very first to welcome you to its new capital city.” “Todd?” Viola whispers, her eyes closed. I hold her tightly to me. “I’m sorry,” I whisper to her. “I’m so sorry.” We’ve run right into a trap. We’ve run right off the end of the world. “Welcome,” says the Mayor,” to the New Prentisstown.
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Has not the experience of two centuries shown that gradualism in theory is perpetuity in practice? Is there an instance, in the history of the world, where slaves have been educated for freedom by their task-masters?
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I'm not bowled over by how different all the world's religions are - I'm bowled over by how similar they are.
