Marilyn Ferguson Quotes
'Focusing' is no conventional repackaging of self-help wisdom. It is at once a manual and a philosophy. It talks about the body's wisdom, the steps of the focusing technique, how to discover the richness in others by learning to listen.
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Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young.
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It didn't help my career to be living in Appalachia.
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Second, this epic tale allows the audience to actually listen to the Native Americans and receive their wisdom. Spielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans that is normally lacking in Western films.
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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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Almost anything worth doing involves some measure of risk - from learning to ride a bike, moving to a new city, and certainly, starting your own business. The point is that no one has ever started a business or created a new product with a guarantee of success.
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A lot of people tell me, 'You are from North; how do you manage to get along in the South?' I don't know what to say to them. I've always felt at home here, and by learning to speak Telugu, my connection with the place has gotten that much stronger.
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Contemporary art will help me to modernise our society.
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I've been influenced by some of the greatest designers. Charles Eames. And Bruno Munari in the '50s in Italy - when they had to retool the industry of war into an industry to help society. In a way, I'm influenced by designers that were there at a radical time of change.
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As an actor, I've always wanted to do characters that would help me find my connection with others and connect all of us together. You always want the energy of the character, the spirit of the person, to enter you. I've been doing this for 26 years and some of the things I've done are always with me.
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When you are growing up, everyone will help you. When you reach the top, everyone will start pulling you down. The same people who help you will be the same people who try to pull you down.
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No matter what, you've got to always follow your passion in life and always keep learning.
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Learning from the experiences of our ancestors, let us together create knowledge for all that benefits all.
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We do not believe in immortality because we can prove it, but we try to prove it because we cannot help believing it.
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The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.
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You can't reorder any society from outside. You can help from within.
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I go into military communities and do fundraisers and that kind of thing with the band, because I know that the music can help do a lot of things. It can bring communities together, it can raise awareness... and it entertains.
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This is the time to pull together as a Nation, as different people from all over the States with different perspectives and different social statuses and different income brackets, to unify into one and help those on the ground who need our help the most.
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Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.
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I don't know why people are so down on the Best Western. They have the best sweet potato fries I've ever had.
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Those for whom words have lost their value are likely to find that ideas have also lost their value.
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The effect of music is so very much more powerful and penetrating than is that of the other arts, for these others speak only of the shadow, but music of the essence.
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I believe that a child going without an education is a crime.
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People and their managers are working so hard to be sure things are done right, that they have hardly have time to decide if they are doing the right things.
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'Focusing' is no conventional repackaging of self-help wisdom. It is at once a manual and a philosophy. It talks about the body's wisdom, the steps of the focusing technique, how to discover the richness in others by learning to listen.
