Parker Palmer Quotes

There are a million 'oughts' in the world. There's a million ways in which I ought to be serving the world. But the ways I'm gifted to serve and the opportunities that come to me to serve are not a million.

Parker Palmer

Recitation: by Male by Female

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I can only envision and feel the pain of these animals being stuck in a tiny aquarium. Normally, orcas swim 100 miles a day. They're free in the ocean.

Joanna Krupa

DayOceanPainFreeFeelI Can

The death of Mrs. Lincoln was a serious loss to her husband and children. Abraham's sister Sarah was only eleven years old, and the tasks and cares of the little household were altogether too heavy for her years and experience.

John George Nicolay

ChildrenExperienceDeathSisterOld

No matter who the characters are, you can strip them down and find small universal truths.

Jena Malone

SmallYouFindDownMatterWho

After President Obama took office, his campaign book 'The Audacity of Hope' receded into his past fast. Its sweet, naive, bipartisan 'let's reason together' passages fell away, too.

John Dickerson

HopeTogetherPastSweetBookFast

Will Ferrell is my new favorite person in the business. He's a completely adorable man.

John Lithgow

BusinessManPersonNewWillHe

I think the most important thing about learning comedy is to start from who you are. If you begin the process by imitating what you perceive to be a comedy rhythm, you will get laughs sooner, but you will not be unique.

Rita Rudner

LearningStartThinkProcessComedy

I'm scared of a lot of things.

Rita Ora

ScaredThingsLot

I'd say people that really inspired me at first were like, Dustin Hoffman, Jim Carrey... serious Jim Carrey though.

Logan Lerman

PeopleMeSeriousSayFirstLike

In states where there's one really big city, a lot of outlying counties and smaller towns really don't have very many resources.

Jonathan Van Ness

CityBig CityResourcesBigWhere

I connect so much with Peter Gabriel's sound because, to me, he always had that South African vibe. His drums were always something to move to: it was almost like Calypso. I'm a big fan.

Dawn Richard

MeSoundAlwaysConnectBigMove

When I decided to become vegetarian, I had to learn how to 'recook,' if you will. For example, I used to put red wine in a big pot with the meat that I'd cooked in fat, and it was, of course, delicious. When I gave up meat, I wondered what I would make. That turned out to be vegetables, really organic and fresh.

Cloris Leachman

RedWineLearnFatYouVegetables

As a painter today you have to work without that essential platform. But if one does not deceive oneself and accepts this lack of certainty, other things may come into play.

Bridget Riley

WorkTodayYouPlayCertaintyMay

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