Clarissa Pinkola Estes Quotes
Our own sorrows seem heavy enough, even when lifted by certain long-term joys. But watching others hurt is the breaker of most any heart.
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There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
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When I was younger we had a grape arbor, and my mom would go out and pick grapes and make grape jam in the sink - boil it, put it in jars, and give it away as gifts.
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I did a film called 'Fire with Fire.'
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Ever since I can remember I was telling stories and had a huge interest in other people and what made them tick.
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I have vowed never to take antibiotics again unless I really need them. I also learned to pay attention to my body, know the difference between indigestion, an allergic reaction to food, a parasitic infection or worms. It's incredible how well I know my body. I really love that.
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Sometimes your parents are the ones with the biggest mouths of all time.
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Christianity has stayed stable, as it must do. The doctrines don't change. The understanding of what it means to walk with God doesn't change. The reality of worship doesn't change, not at heart, anyway. So Christianity appears to be stuck.
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I think writers have to be proactive: they've got to use new technology and social media. Yes, it's hard to get noticed by traditional publishers, but there's a great deal of opportunity out there if you've got the right story.
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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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Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty.
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Floyd Mayweather is in the sport to give great performances.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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I started to realize I wasn't like every other boy.
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My biggest fear has always been being 40 and hating my job. I love challenges. I'm not afraid to try anything.
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All men ought to think of Christ, because of what Christ will yet do to all men. He shall come again one day to this earth with power and glory, and raise the dead from their graves. All shall come forth at His bidding. Those who would not move when they heard the church-going bell, shall obey the voice of the Archangel and the trump of God.
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It's terrible to realize you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die, and then it's too late.
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When you're doing a startup, life is not all roses and rainbows, like you see on Instagram, and killing it.
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We are quick to stick labels on others - especially those who don't fit in with the norm. 'Harold Fry' is about a broken marriage; 'Perfect' is about a broken person. They are both about finding kindness where you least expect it.
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Free love? as if love is anything but free. Man has bought brains, but all the millions in the world have failed to buy love.
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I adore tradition. I cannot stand habit. Simply to repeat is nothing, also to destroy is nothing. Tradition is never interrupted, we are always evolving but never interrupted.
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Any customer of government - whether it's with education, taxes, housing, or health care - understands the frustrations when they have a bad experience. They're stuck and can't go anywhere else.
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It's like, what happened, I was always leading fashion, and then the grunge thing kind of came along. And because I've been so on top in the '80s you know, I, you know, what can I do? Suddenly go grunge?
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The heart of man will always be dark. There will always be evil people. The problem is that there is nothing we can humanly do to change them.
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Our own sorrows seem heavy enough, even when lifted by certain long-term joys. But watching others hurt is the breaker of most any heart.
