Ken Wilber Quotes
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Clinton has more important things to worry about. He not only risks being destroyed historically, like Afghanistan's Buddha statues; he also could end up going to jail.
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On my teams, as a guy who grew up hunting and fishing, I was in the minority in terms of music and lifestyle. I became good friends with people who listened to R&B and rap. But it wasn't just an issue of being around it - I was naturally drawn to it right off the bat.
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In rural parts of China, it's like stepping back into the era of my grandfather or great-grandfather - not much has changed.
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My dad is a comedian, entertainer, you know. He always likes to make people laugh. With me, it just depends on what mood I'm in. You get what you get.
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Even if you didn't lose your job, if you're one of the two-thirds of Ontarians who don't have a pension, you lost savings. Even if you've earned most of that back now, you are a changed person. You are less secure, less confident. And I understand that.
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A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
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Once the kids are in school, it's amazing what you can do.
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It is true that in France, women put on less things. If they have a necklace, they don't put on earrings; if they have nail polish, they don't put on all their rings and all their bracelets.
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In the Constitution of the United States, Negroes are referred to as fellows although the word 'slave' is carefully avoided before the thirteenth amendment.
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How is AIDS research to progress when the premise of science is questioning but the premise of questioning HIV is considered so dangerous that even venturing into the facts is too great a risk?
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There's no road map. There's no textbook on how grief works and when your heart will be open - or if it ever will.
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I have a specialized racing bike, which is great because it has a solid build, is comfortable to ride, and is lightweight.
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Let's face it, Obama is not a hugely popular political figure in the state of Texas.
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I'd say it's been my biggest problem all my life... it's money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true.
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I've always enjoyed seeing how things are made.
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Television isn't my career. Business is.
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My parents managed a summer camp, and it was vacant for about seven or eight months out of the year. It was in the middle of nowhere in the woods. We backed up to a state forest. So absolutely, there were creepy woods all around the house. It was easy to get lost. It was really spooky.
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I was told freshman Republicans don't get their bills heard.
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I don't think there's any topic a writer should feel afraid of tackling just because it has already been discussed. If you feel you have a fresh perspective and an understanding of a certain emotional truth, it's always worth writing.
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It is too evident that if the drawing is bad, the color false, the deepest emotion must fail to express itself.
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The difference between the casual impression and the intensified image is about as great as that separating the average business letter from a poem. If you choose your subject selectively—intuitively—the camera can write poetry.
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I met soldiers coming back from war and I was impressed by their description of PTSD, all the symptoms: the outburst of violence, the impossibility to cope with reality anymore, all that stuff.
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What's my philosophy? In a word, integral.
