Thich Nhat Hanh Quotes

Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones.

Thich Nhat Hanh

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I think the average American has forgotten the great feel for liberty and accountability that the framers of the Constitution believed.

Joe Jamail

GreatAccountabilityThinkAmerican

Sometimes I can tackle an issue -homelessness, tobacco litigation, insurance fraud, the death penalty - and wrap a good story around it. These are the best books, the ones with a story and a message.

John Grisham

GoodBestDeathStoryInsurance

Conducting is about communication. You don't play any notes, but you communicate with the musicians.

Andris Nelsons

CommunicationMusiciansYouPlayAny

The Tea Party is but one manifestation of a widening perception that the game is rigged in favor of the rich and powerful.

Robert Reich

TeaPerceptionGameRichPowerful

You walk into any supermarket or any shopping mall and ask the public what they are worried about. Not one of them will tell you they are worried about 12 years of Mitt Romney's tax returns.

John Sununu

WalkShoppingYouTaxWillAsk

I want people to understand that from the minute Lady Gaga arrived, she created a new set of rules: being different is good; embrace it.

Simon Cowell

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I think that in the 21st century, medical biology will advance at a more rapid pace than before.

Shinya Yamanaka

MedicalThinkBiologyWillMore

I've always loved Harlem and its communities.

Ron Cephas Jones

LovedAlwaysHarlemCommunities

I don't work on a project unless I believe that it will dramatically improve life for a bunch of people.

Dean Kamen

LifeWorkPeopleBelieveWill

Where do I get the confidence to be different? A lot of it comes from curiosity. I spent years as a young man trying to understand the business I'm in. I have spent decades staying connected to how the rest of the world works.

Brian Grazer

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It's not enough even to have one black Barbie... because black women are not a monolith.

Ava DuVernay

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I'm not an historian but I can get interested - obsessively interested - with any aspect of the past, whether it's palaeontology or archaeology or the very recent past.

Penelope Lively

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