Melody Beattie Quotes

Twelve-step promotes spirituality, not religion. It gives a practical, day-to-day spirituality that tells me what I can and cannot control. There is room to be imperfect and to be someone who struggles to find God.

Melody Beattie

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There are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain I have caused others by words and actions. To the people I have hurt, I am truly sorry.

Matt Lauer

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Our public culture is one in which only the young and the beautiful will succeed. If you're forty, you're finished.

Amitava Kumar

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'Titanium' wasn't supposed to be me singing, but they put my demo vocal back on.

Sia

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The fact that books today are mostly a string of words makes it easier to forget the text. With the impact of the iPad and the future of the book being up for re-imagination, I wonder whether we'll rediscover the importance of making texts richer visually.

Joshua Foer

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In theater, you are there, you have a character, you have a play, you have a light, you have a set, you have an audience, and you're in control, and every night is different depending on you and the relationship with the other actors. It's as simple as that.

Diego Luna

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I don't miss the economic insecurity, the living paycheck to paycheck.

Drew Carey

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I grew up very insecure. From the time I was little I used to hide under my mother's dress.

Debbie Ford

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It's interesting to take a look at people who deal with prejudice on a daily basis - it's been a real eye opener for me.

Deborah Ann Woll

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Every year since I was very small, my family - Mum, Dad, sister Charlie-Ann and brother Stephen - and I have been holidaying in Carvoeiro in the Algarve, so that has very fond memories for me.

Pixie Lott

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Despite my express wish, I was not left in Chicago, but taken to Paris to live, and I did not see my father for many years. But we never stopped loving each other, and in 1940 he died in my arms in Hollywood, where he had come to be near me at the end.

Preston Sturges

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When I was young, I was dedicated to become a minister - my brothers and I were formally brought in front of the congregation in a dedication ceremony, where we were dedicated to the future service of God.

Phil Jackson

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Technology challenges us to assert our human values, which means that first of all, we have to figure out what they are.

Sherry Turkle

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