Sharon Salzberg Quotes

We come to meditation to learn how not to act out the habitual tendencies we generally live by - those actions that create suffering for ourselves and others, and get us into so much trouble.

Sharon Salzberg

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A moderate tax on robots, even a temporary tax that merely slows the adoption of disruptive technology, seems a natural component of a policy to address rising inequality. Revenue could be targeted toward wage insurance, to help people replaced by new technology make the transition to a different career.

Robert J. Shiller

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I'm spectacularly disorganised. I wrote my latest book in seven different notebooks scattered throughout my house.

Sue Townsend

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My father was my hero when I was still a boy.

Romelu Lukaku

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Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance.

Michel de Montaigne

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We're all bombarded with so many dietary messages that it's hard to find time to sort through all this information, but we do have time to take a look at our kids' plates.

Michelle Obama

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You've gotta respect everybody. If they race hard against you, you've got to race hard against them. It's very simple; if there's respect both ways, there's no problem.

Juan Pablo Montoya

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Paul Verhoeven might be my favorite director, and I'm serious.

Judah Friedlander

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Umpires are necessary evils. That's just the nature of the beast. For years, people have looked on umpiring as a job they could get any postman to do.

Doug Harvey

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I think that even though some of the things on 'Humans of New York' are kind of very personal and very revealing, I think the discomfort with sharing that tends to be overwritten by the appreciation of being able to distill the experience of your life into a story and share it with other people.

Brandon Stanton

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I know as a nation we are stronger because of our immigrant tradition.

Brad Schneider

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I was married at 16, a father at 17 and divorced at 18.

Placido Domingo

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I'm kind of shy when it comes to women, so I don't really approach them. I'll just admire them from afar, and if they happen to say something to me, then maybe I'll find the courage to say something.

Syd

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