Clarissa Pinkola Estes Quotes

We all wait for a mirror to show us who we are, to validate us. When we hear something about ourselves that we have never heard before, it feels like a blessing, and it gives power.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 27, 1945

Topics

PowerMirrorBlessingWaitNeverUs

I think I might actually die of showing off. It'll be on my headstone - 'Cause of Death: Showing Off.'

Jenny Eclair

DeathThinkDieOffI ThinkCause

We've achieved this feeling, for instance, with the colors. The colors in the park are harmonious with each other, not like in big cities where they don't.

John Hench

ColorsFeelingParkBigWhereLike

One of the eternal mysteries of ballet is how untalented choreographers find backers for their work, and then find good dancers to perform in it. Is it irresistible charm? Chutzpah? Pure determination? Blackmail? Or are so many supposedly knowledgeable people just plain blind?

Robert Gottlieb

WorkGoodDeterminationPeopleBlind

Nuclear energy people perceive the greenhouse effect as a fresh wind blowing at their back.

Stewart Udall

PeopleWindEnergyBackFresh

A defining reality for me is what Scripture teaches in Hebrews 12, that God is our father, and that a sign that he loves us is that he disciplines us, he takes us through hardship to build character in us that could not be shaped apart from difficulty.

Joshua Harris

FatherGodCharacterMeRealityUs

The most important thing a magazine can do online is maintain its brand and be very strong in terms of delivering on that brand.

Jann Wenner

StrongBrandImportantOnlineMost

When you make a movie for a really low budget, it makes you really strict. You have to plan things down to the tiniest detail.

Jon Watts

DetailBudgetPlanYouDownLow

I did 'Spring Awakening' on Broadway for about three years, and I did over 500 performances.

Jonathan Groff

SpringThreeOverYearsAwakening

Let the people decide whom to vote for, who has more authority. And only people, only our citizens, are able to place the final emphasis, voting for this or that person or political force, or rejecting it. That's democracy.

Dmitry Medvedev

PeopleDemocracyVotingPolitical

I have no desire to look at myself.

Pierce Brosnan

MyselfLookDesireNo Desire

It could be said that all armed conflicts are a ludicrous and shameful waste of lives, but World War I has a special place in the history of futility - a war without clear purpose, a war whose resolution would ultimately make the world a far worse place.

Scott Spencer

HistoryPurposeWarWorldResolution

The industry is always changing, but country music is like a force that always comes back.

Tyler Farr

MusicBackCountryCountry Music

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