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Martha Beck Quotes

I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: November 29, 1962

Topics

Life Opportunity Deep Think Way

But I was in awe of the painters; I mean I was new in New York, and I thought the painting that was going on here was just unbelievable.

Robert Rauschenberg

New York Painting Thought New Mean

It's counterproductive. The problem with sentimentality is that it kills the emotion.

Jean-Pierre Dardenne

Problem Emotion Sentimentality

Vampires, werewolves, fallen angels and fairies lurk in the shadows, their intentions far from honorable.

Shadows Angels Intentions Fairies

Women with a higher intake of berries appeared to have delayed cognitive aging by 2.5 years. So it's like your brain is 2.5 years younger if you're eating berries.

Women Aging Brain Eating You Years

I prefer to put myself in an environment that's further afield and look through the eyes of someone who differs from me in age, ethnicity, gender, and/or social class. I think a little displacement makes me a sharper observer.

Age Eyes Myself Me Think Someone

Films about women and their concerns are seen as frivolous, limited and, most damaging of all, niche.

Women Niche Seen Most Frivolous

I ain't the same person I was when I bit that guy's ear off.

Person Same Guy Off Ear Bit

I used a bike in London and that's it. I learnt a lot about biking, and really got into. Now I cycle regularly.

Jonny Lee Miller

Bike Now London Used Got Cycle

I play trumpet. And I took all the music courses in college, so I can also play the string instruments, keyboard, the brass and woodwinds - but only well enough to teach them. If you put a violin in front of me, you wouldn't say, 'My God, that guy can play.' It'd probably sound more like Jack Benny.

Music God College Me Enough You

'Words and Music' on Radio 3 is always a treat. Actors read passages of poetry and prose interspersed with music, and nobody tells you what it is. Later you can look it up online, but at the time you can't cheat.

Music Time Words Poetry Treat Look

I remember being in Hollywood at the age of 16 and marveling at the stars. The idea of being part of it never entered my mind. It was too far-fetched.

Stars Age Mind Remember Hollywood

I look at Jessica Alba and think she's got a great body. I think that's what women are supposed to look like.

Women Great Think Body Look She

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