Calm Quotes
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Here, in the bare dark face of nightA calm unhurried eye draws sight -We see in what we think we fearThe cloudings of our thought made clear
Iain Banks
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I loved him, but I also realized how calm my life was without him.
Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry
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I try to be mindful in my daily life, trying to stay more present and have more intention. It keeps me calm, and I feel less whipped about by my emotions.
China Forbes
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If I am angry, I am angry. If I am angry, then I have to be calm, and to be calm, I have to tell you to your face what I think about you. If we don't agree, then okay, 'Bye!' It's no problem.
Claudio Ranieri
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Whoever's calm and sensible is insane!
Rumi
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I create my own calm and I keep my balance, because I know that it's not really me, by myself... The Creator always gives me the energy.
Erykah Badu
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May I make two citations from the words of a discerning editorial writer, not one of my faith, but one of much faith: "If we neglect the divine . . . and give ourselves over wholly to the human," he said, "we may certainly count upon nothing but the triumph of pessimism. . . . True optimism must rest upon a calm, unshakable faith in eternal life and in the unlimited goodness of him who gives it."
Richard L. Evans
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Confronting the worst-case scenario saps it of much of its anxiety-inducing power. Happiness reached via positive thinking can be fleeting and brittle, negative visualization generates a vastly more dependable calm.
Oliver Burkeman
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While they flail about, you will remain calm in the knowledge that you possess strength from within.
Henry Rollins Black Flag
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We must calm the mind of the common man, and tell him to abstain from the words and even the passions which lead to insurrection.
Martin Luther
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I need to be more under control. I need to calm down a little bit so I can cut down on the little silly errors I get.
Delmon Young
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A diet counselor once told me that all overweight people are angry with their mothers and channel their frustrations into overeating. So I guess that means all thin people are happy, calm, and have resolved their Oedipal entanglements.
Wendy Wasserstein
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You won't calm the tiger if you feed him with your own flesh
Conn Iggulden
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Sometimes when a scene is written or directed to be shouted or played incredibly angrily, I always think it's way more terrifying when someone is fuming and talks in a very calm way. I always want people to shout at me if they're angry - it freaks me out that whole thing of, 'I'm not angry I'm just disappointed.'
Jessica Brown Findlay
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For to bear all naked truths,And to envisage circumstance, all calm,That is the top of sovereignty.
John Keats
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Pain is not love. Love flowers; love gives without taking; love is serene and calm.
Erica Jong
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Calm on the listening ear of night Come Heaven's melodious strains, Where wild Judea stretches far Her silver-mantled plains.
Edmund Sears
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He wasn't calm. He was angry, and he had every right to be. What I got out of it is that the guys need to take a challenge to make this team better. He talked about this bad time were going through and how we need to stick together. It's very important for us to stay together as a unit.
Allen Iverson
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I like a calm life where nobody bothers me.
Mariano Rivera
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He's going to make sure it's done. It's always calm, but he had that look.
Gary Sheffield
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I love the feeling of putting my feet back on the sand after I've been out in the ocean for a while. I love that. I guess the adrenaline calms down when the sense of balance returns in a really grounded way.
Jason Mraz
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We hear the rain fall, but not the snow. Bitter grief is loud, calm grief is silent.
Berthold Auerbach
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Colors close together on the color wheel are analogous and will make a calm room. Colors that are farther apart are complementary and add drama.
David Bromstad
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If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, and you will have calm and drowsy nights, with all of the good business you have now and none of the bad. If you have time, don't wait for time.
Ernst Fischer