Sharon Salzberg Quotes

We can have skills training in mindfulness so that we are using our attention to perceive something in the present moment. This perception is not so latent by fears or projections into the future, or old habits, and then I can actually stir loving-kindness or compassion in skills training too, which can be sort of provocative, I found.

Sharon Salzberg

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The best 45 years of my life were the 5 years I spent with Ton Jones.

Jim Sullivan

LifeBestMy LifeYearsSpentWere

If I was to get money, that's the first thing you would get: a '96 Impala.

Meek Mill

MoneyYouFirstGetWouldThing

I believe in plot, in development of character, in the effect of the passage of time, in a good story - better than something you might find in the newspaper. And I believe a novel should be as complicated and involved as you're capable of making it.

John Irving

GoodCharacterTimeBelieveBetter

I went to Bali, and I was in a small village, and somebody who was with me showed a woman a little figurine of Bart and asked: 'Do you know who this is?' And she said: 'Mickey Mouse.'

Matt Groening

WomanMeSmallMickey MouseYouShe

I'm in a position of feeling secure enough so that I can say what I think is right and if so many people think it's wrong that I get fired, well, I've got enough to eat.

Andy Rooney

PeopleThinkEnoughI CanWrongSay

The extraordinary exertions of the colonies, in cooperation with British measures, against the French, in the late war, were acknowledged by the British parliament to be more than adequate to their ability.

Mercy Otis Warren

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And after I started working for the Bureau, most of my translation duties included translations of documents and investigations that actually started way before 9/11.

Sibel Edmonds

WayStartedWorkingTranslationMost

If I can get together once a month with eight people I hold dear, that's a real win to me.

Shira Goodman

TogetherPeopleMeWinGet Together

At a very basic level, people need to know that there is constancy in their jobs and, more broadly, in where the organization is headed.

Tom Rath

PeopleOrganizationKnowMoreNeed

There are gods, but there is no God; and all gods become devils eventually.

Robert Anton Wilson

GodBecomeDevilsGodsEventually

The embarrassment of a situation can, once you are over it, be the funniest time in your life. And I suppose a lot of my comedy comes from painful moments or experiences in life, and you just flip them on their head.

Miranda Hart

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I think sex appeal is something that's fun. But I'd guess any man with any conscious consideration or understanding of his own sex appeal is one of the least sexy men you might meet.

Luke Goss

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