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Quotes by Author
"Nothing is absolute, with the debatable exceptions of this statement and death."
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"The composite of what you know to do-that which compels you, that which you are naturally already drawn to, that which exploits the unique potentials inside you, that which you know you are capable of doing, that which will build a bridge between imagination and reality-causes a relationship that obliges sacrifice."
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"The moment that judgement stops through acceptance of what it is, you are free of the mind. You have made room for love, for joy, for peace."
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"Perhaps I am a man of exceptional moods. I do not know how far my experience is common. At times I suffer from the strangest sense of detachment from myself and the world about me; I seem to watch it all from the outside, from somewhere inconceivably remote, out of time, out of space, out of the stress and tragedy of it all. This feeling was very strong upon me that night. Here was another side to my dream."
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"To touch or not to touch . . . that is the question. Handshakes, hugs, and other touching all have their appropriate space and place. The key to success in this area is to know when, where, and how to best put these into action."
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"Try to respond to your partner instead of reacting."
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"To say that my existence is entirely inconsequential is to utterly ignore the amazing reality that life is a masterful story penned by a brilliant God who wrote me into the story in such a way that my absence would literally diminish the whole of the story."
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"Whoa. Fangs. She had fangs.She leaned in, prodded them a little. Eating with those puppies was going to take some getting used to, she thought.On impulse, she brought up her hands, turned her fingers into claws. Hissed.Cool."
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"You must have realised by now that when one really cares, really tries to help, the other party recognises the fact and, therefore, easily sees the logic in working together for the greater good, for the mutual benefit of both."
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"He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence."
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"You are controlling because I want you to do it, not because of the situation or what needs to be done."
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"The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved."
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"Wendy's house, unlike many in Cape Breton, had three floors, along with a basement and attic. Aside from Wendy's bedroom, there was a laundry room. The dirty water in the sink would rush from the washer hose, bubbling up, threatening to overflow, but it never did. Next-door was a motel with a neon sign that read in turquoise and pink, "We have the best rates in town!, but the 'E' in 'rates' kept flickering on and off day and night so that every few seconds it would switch to, "We have the best rats in town!"
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"If your name is "canoe" and you can't float on water, you are useless! If they call you "cutlass" but you can't chop anything into pieces, you are a waste! You have a unique role, you are a brand! Do what you were created to do!"
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"What you usually refer to when you say "I" is not who you are. By a monstrous act of reductionism, the infinite depth of who you are is confused with a sound produced by the vocal cords or the thought of "I" in your mind and whatever the "I" has identified with."
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"Love, Imagination and Intuition are the most powerful forces on the planet earth."
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"Sometimes she wondered if the shape of his eyes affected how he saw things. That was probably the most racist question of all time."
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"We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change."
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"Love is a two-way street, but not everyone deserves a license."
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"Where there is a smoke, there is an ecologist."
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"A woman sees a problem and sets about solving it, not analyzing it."
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"God is looking for godly people to send to the world of finances to subdue it for him."
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"I always assumed it owed more to the fact that he didn't like me."
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"The hardest memory of slavery that Rialla had to bear was not the lack of freedom, it was the lack of desiring freedom."
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"A pigs and pain, until you really get to know 'em. Then he's a paid with the soul."
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"Gemma had blond hair and blue eyes. I did not.Gemma was always an A student. I was more of a B-all-you-can-be kind of gal.When Gemma was into science, I was into skipping.When Gemma was into foreign languages, I was into the hot Italian guy down the street."
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"Twenty years ago, you might have been pessimistic and said there's no hope. But these days, some of our very biggest companies are acting remarkably cleanly. And in some cases, although not all cases, the CEOs are the driving forces behind that."
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"Everywhere you look, there you are. The same intelligence that created and creates all things is in you as it is in everything you see and don't see: the sky, birds, trees, water, fire, rocks-name it, this intelligence is in it. This also means that there's a part of you in everything, and no-thing, and everything plus no-thing has a part of you in them. Therefore, you are in everything and everything is in you. All is one."
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"Live your greatest dreams."
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"Shine as if you are the sun."
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"She doesn't need the pack. She doesn't need me.I shot to my feet. "That's not true, I said hotly.He tilted his head a little, his eyes meeting mine. His eyes softened. "I misspoke, he said in a steady voice. "She doesn't need me to make sure she has enough food or a place to live-that is my privilege, but she doesn't need me to do that. She doesn't need me to keep her safe or to make her a whole person. She doesn't need me to do anything except love her. Which I do."
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"An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing."
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"We can find a latent energy inside us."
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