Thomas Merton Quotes

We have what we seek, it is there all the time, and if we give it time, it will make itself known to us.

Thomas Merton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 31, 1915 - December 10, 1968

Topics

TimeWillSeekUsGiveKnown

I think it might be interesting to give an Emmy to an outstanding background performance in either a comedy or drama series.

Joe Morton

PerformanceThinkInterestingComedy

I went through so many phases when I was young - surfer girl, tom boy, punk - but they weren't mistakes, just moments.

Jillian Hervey

GirlMistakesMomentsYoungBoy

With a lot of films, people are sitting on the outside looking in, but I want the audience to get a bit more intimately involved with what's going on, so that they maybe can experience it a little bit more intensely.

Andrea Arnold

ExperiencePeopleLookingSitting

Actually I never did stand up. I'm not that funny.

Maynard James Keenan

FunnyStand UpStandNeverUpDid

Pictures of entire lives, of the choices that people make and how those choices work out for them, those pictures are almost impossible to get.

Robert J. Waldinger

WorkPeopleImpossibleChoicesOut

My very first publication was an estimator - this was a statistical procedure - a kind of invention. My father got a patent and started a business; it wasn't successful, but maybe I have some of him in me.

Robert J. Shiller

FatherBusinessMeKindFirstHim

Kids are anarchy writ large.

Jeffrey Kluger

AnarchyKidsLargeWrit

Well, I took ballet for many, many years, so my whole childhood really revolved around dance class. I grew up around dance; my mother was a dancer.

Amy Sherman-Palladino

MotherDanceChildhoodClassUp

As a child, I didn't know what I didn't have. I'm thankful for the challenges early on in my life because now I have a perspective on the world and kind of know what's important.

America Ferrera

LifeThankfulPerspectiveChildKnow

In adversity, you have to find motivation to continue and do well.

Alvaro Morata

AdversityMotivationYouFindWell

I run with music all the time. I cannot run without my iPod. I have everything. Teddy Pendergrass. Luther Van Dross. Michael Jackson. Outkast. If an Usher song comes on and it's fast, I go fast.

Sugar Ray Leonard

MusicTimeSongFastGoRun

I've played a lot of villains, and I always feel slightly upset when people say, 'You were so bad!'

Tony Goldwyn

PeopleFeelYouBadSayUpset

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