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acceptance self two
There are two principles of established acceptance in morals; first, that self-interest is the mainspring of all of our actions, and secondly, that utility is the test of their value. Charles Caleb Colton
acceptable sermons
A sermon wept over is more acceptable with God than one gloried over. Charles Spurgeon
acceptance men frustration
Buddha's doctrine: Man suffers because of his craving to possess and keep forever things which are essentially impermanent...this frustration of the desire to possess is the immediate cause of suffering. Alan Watts
accept built businesses continue forced kids lose love raised stay
We want to stay here. We love this city. We raised our kids here. We built our businesses here and we're being forced to accept a set of circumstances that are not acceptable. We can't continue to lose this kind of money. Howard Schultz
acceptance experiencing-everything practice
The everyday practice is simply to develop a complete acceptance and openness to all situations and emotions and to all people, experiencing everything totally without mental reservations and blockages, so that one never withdraws or centralizes into oneself. Chogyam Trungpa
acceptance ideas knowing
Too much openness and you accept every notion, idea, and hypothesis-which is tantamount to knowing nothing. Too much skepticism-especially rejection of new ideas before they are adequately tested-and you're not only unpleasantly grumpy, but also closed to the advance of science. A judicious mix is what we need. Carl Sagan
acceptance attachment goal
Do you want to be right more than you want to know the truth? It's the truth that set me free. Acceptance, peace, and less attachment to a world of suffering are all effects of doing The Work. They're not the goals. Do The Work for the love of freedom, for the love of truth. Byron Katie
acceptance personality interest
The search for a new personality is futile; what is fruitful is the interest the old personality can take in new activities. Cesare Pavese
accept alone anyone cast knows lord net universe
The One who established the Universe He alone knows the Way, what can anyone say? The One who established the world cast the net over it, accept Him as your Lord and Master. O. Singh
afraid force god gods greatness possessed protect whose wisdom worlds
The one who is first and possessed of wisdom when born; the god who strove to protect the gods with strength; the one before whose force the two worlds were afraid because of the greatness of his virility, he, O people, is Indra.
afraid almost buying given hit internet investors panic performed point strong
We've almost now hit a point of almost buying panic where investors are afraid not to be in the Internet sector, given how strong it's performed recently,
afraid demands hard hard-work people pitching
We've all been pitching in. People aren't afraid of hard work, but they're a lot of demands for time.
afraid difficult fast spreading stop yesterday
We are afraid the outbreak is out of control. Cholera was already spreading at a very fast rate. Yesterday it started raining, which will only make it more difficult to stop the epidemic.
afraid delay lack measures result urgency
We are afraid the government's lack of urgency may result in a delay in anti-deflation measures it has said it would come up with by the end of this month.
afraid freedoms future liberties
We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future.
afraid concerned virus west
West Nile Virus is here to stay. It's not something to be afraid of, but something to be concerned with.
afraid guys mess morris player shot
When you've got a player like Morris you are always in the game. What makes him so (good) is that he is not afraid to miss. You have guys that don't want to take the shot because they are afraid they will mess up, but (Morris) is not. Jim Dooley
afraid basket crutches far game last needed point sure
We have to get her into game shape. She was on crutches last week. I wasn't sure how far I wanted to push. She's not afraid to go to the basket and at that point we needed it.
began high injured marks student
I didn't know anything about acting, I didn't know anything about theater, but I was just an exceptional student at high school. I wanted to play ball; I'm going after a basketball scholarship and be a doctor. I got injured and my marks began to drop. Louis Gossett, Jr.
began begin gone rest
We started slowly, but then began to put things together. We were 3-9 to begin the year, but we have gone 9-4 the rest of the way. Brian Keith
began came collapse decision divers night operation parts pull rescue stopped structure tide
We stopped the rescue operation around 11 o'clock (Thursday) night, ... As the tide came in, the structure began to move, and other parts began to collapse again. We made the decision to pull our divers out.
began dropping garbage gently goods nice people
We started from scratch. Immediately people began dropping things off - and they were nice things. Our goods are gently used. We are not a junkyard or garbage drop.
began graduate nbc school thriving
When I was at graduate school in London, I began working at NBC News, which had a thriving documentary unit. Leslie Cockburn
began coast government island lifetime majority sort spent war
Sri Lanka is an island off the coast of India. There's two ethnicities there; one the Sinhalese, which is the majority and the government, and the minority, who are the Tamils. That's where I'm from. And my lifetime sort of began there; I spent 10 years, and I was there during when the war started and fled as a refugee to England.
began black book coast history interested single soldiers
Writing 'Native Guard,' I didn't know I was working on a single book. I began writing that book because I was interested in the lesser-known history of these black soldiers stationed off the coast of my hometown. Natasha Trethewey
began business create decipher developing dream life original qualities reality stuck tells work
I was commissioned in 2003 to create an original show, and began developing 'Upwake.' 'Upwake' tells the story of Zero, a modern-day business man, going to work with his life in a suitcase, stuck between dream and reality and not able to decipher the two. I wanted 'Upwake' to have the same audiovisual qualities as a movie would.
began finished knocking kong moved next police soon work
While I was writing 'Stick Out Your Tongue' in Beijing, the police began knocking on my door again. As soon as I finished the book, I moved to Hong Kong so that I could work undisturbed on my next novel. Ma Jian
loved promise thrills tv whenever
I've always loved 'Before and After' stories, in books, magazines, and TV shows. Whenever I read those words, I'm hooked. The thought of a transformation - any kind of transformation - thrills me. And that's the promise of habits. Gretchen Rubin
loved loves pulls rare team
This was a team that really loved each other. It's rare that you find a team that really pulls for each other, that really loves each other. David Justice
loved
I loved to read, and if I could've been a professional reader, that's probably what I would've wanted to be! Kathryn Lasky
loved political
When I was a teenager, I loved political conventions. Robert Krulwich
loved meant
She said she loved us, and she meant it.
loved
She said she just loved it here and wanted to stay.
loved passion work
She had a passion for what she did, ... She loved to work and she loved to make music. Justin Timberlake
loved neighbors
She really loved her neighbors there. She made a lot of friends there. Ronald Williams
loved
She never complained about it. She loved those kids.
mom baby teenager
Motherhood is a great honor and privilege, yet it is also synonymous with servanthood. Every day women are called upon to selflessly meet the needs of their families. Whether they are awake at night nursing a baby, spending their time and money on less-than-grateful teenagers, or preparing meals, moms continuously put others before themselves. Charles Stanley
mom mother good-mother
I cannot tell you how much I owe to the solemn word of my good mother.
mom mother albums
My mother kept asking me, 'When are you going to do a gospel album?' And I've always wanted to do a gospel album. Everybody was going on about it, so mom started hounding me more. Alan Jackson
momentum financial possibility
In an economy that already has lost some momentum, one must remain alert to the possibility that greater caution and weakening asset values in financial markets could signal or precipitate an excessive softening in household and business spending. Alan Greenspan
mom character opportunity
Agent Mom is a perfect opportunity for me to do what I love... develop characters, act and take incredible stories to my fans. So yes, I can absolutely see myself cast as Agent Mom. Alaina Huffman
mom mother daughter
They wrapped her up like a baby burrito to show to Mom. Here were a mother and her daughter and I love them both so much. I couldn't wait for Courtney to come to the hospital so I could have all my women together. Al Roker
mom daughter children
We already had an adopted daughter, 10-year-old Courtney, from my previous marriage. To me, there is no difference between 'natural' and 'adopted.' My own childhood showed me that when it comes to loving your kids, concepts like that don't apply. I was the oldest of six, and three of my siblings were adopted. Mom and Dad even took in foster children. 'There are no limits to how much you can love,' Dad always said.
mom mother subway
I was raised by a single mother who made a way for me. She used to scrub floors as a domestic worker, put a cleaning rag in her pocketbook and ride the subways in Brooklyn so I would have food on the table. But she taught me as I walked her to the subway that life is about not where you start, but where you're going. That's family values. Al Sharpton
mom wall hands
One time, my mom told us, 'No TV.' It was 3 P.M., and I was sneaking it in. She put her hand on the back of the TV to see if it was warm, and it was. So she pulled the cord out of the wall, opened the second-floor window, and just threw it out the window. Akiva Schaffer
music music-is
I started making music because I could. Alanis Morissette
music i-am-what-i-am
I am what I am Are you what you are or What?
music song writing
Writing a song doesn't heal things. Even if the song comes up with a solution, it's still only a theory. Going out and living my lyrics is a whole other deal. That takes courage.
music rest-of-your-life helping
Music helps you find the truths you must bring into the rest of your life.
music effort blues-music
You have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the Blues. Al Jarreau
music
Once you discover that you can, then you must.
musical grew theater
I grew up doing musical theater. Chris Colfer
musical great-music periods
I'm constantly discovering things. Like Bobby Bland. Right now I suppose I'm into the Eighties, which turned out to be a great musical period. Chiwetel Ejiofor
music order suffering
Musicians have to suffer to a certain degree in order to obtain their outlet. Chico Hamilton
played taken
We've already done that. The two quarterbacks we have, Vincent hasn't played before and Gill played JC. We've taken out as much as we can.
played stopped ways
We stopped doing all the little things that we did earlier. We reverted back to some of our old ways and played with not a lot of intensity.
played stood
We stood up to the challenge. We played very well. We did not play well enough to win.
played
We started a little slow, but we hadn't played any.
played since team time
We were a whole different team since the first time we played them.
played teams
'Justified' is one of the greatest teams I've ever played for. It's just awesome. Neal McDonough
played
When we weren't in the box, I thought we played pretty well.
played proud starting
We're starting to come together. We played as a team, and I was very proud of them tonight.
played prepared time
We're more prepared for it than the first time we played them.
recordings
Now we have more recordings of us playing, which is great.
recording
I'm not a businessman, so I don't know how to solve the problems of the recording industry. Joshua Bell
recording restrict tends time
Recording tends to restrict too much experimentation, 'cause when you're making a record it's a part of you, for that time it's your whole fabric. Thurston Moore
recording singers stopped till
Earlier, I know of instances where singers like Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar even stopped recording till they got their preparation right
recording telephone
You OK? You OK? A recording is made of a frightening telephone call.
recording tape
The whole thing with recording is you have to know when to turn off the tape machine and just stop recording because you want to keep fixing, fixing, fixing, you know? Linda Ronstadt
recording studio time
By the time I'm in the studio recording my parody, 10,000 parodies of that song are on YouTube. Al Yankovic
recording remember tape wire
I remember my very first recording. It was on a wire recorder, as the tape recording was only just out but too expensive. Herbie Hancock
recording-music
I love recording music. J. J. Abrams
religious peculiar charity
Public charities and benevolent associations for the gratuitous relief of every species of distress, are peculiar to Christianity; no other system of civil or religious policy has originated them; they form its highest praise and characteristic feature.
religious war ambition
All wars of interference, arising from an officious intrusion into the concerns of other states; all wars of ambition, carried on for the purposes of aggrandizement; and all wars of aggression, undertaken for the purpose of forcing an assent to this or that set of religious opinions; all such wars are criminal in their very outset, and have hypocrisy for their common base.
religious struggle blessed
How many families, whose members have been dispersed and scattered far and wide, in the restless struggles of life, are then reunited, and meet once again in that happy state of companionship and mutual goodwill, which is a source of such pure and unalloyed delight; and one so incompatible with the cares and sorrows of the world, that the religious belief of the most civilized nations, and the rude traditions of the roughest savages, alike number it among the first joys of a future condition of existence, provided for the blessed and happy! Charles Dickens
religious hallucinations apes
One ape's hallucination is another ape's religious experience - it just depends on which one’s god module is overactive at the time. Charles Stross
religious children civilization
Any civilization where the main symbol of religious veneration is a tool of execution is a bad place to have children.
religious college pigs
A religious college in Cairo is considering issues of nanotechnology: If replicators are used to prepare a copy of a strip of bacon, right down to the molecular level, but without it ever being part of a pig, how is it to be treated?
religious hype world
The best way in the world to deceive believers is to cloak a message in religious language and declare that it conveys some new insight from God.
religious jesus thinking
Oh, Brethren, it is sickening work to think of your cushioned seats, your chants, your anthems, your choirs, your organs, your gowns, and your bands, and I know not what besides, all made to be instruments of religious luxury, if not of pious dissipation, while ye need far more to be stirred up and incited to holy ardor for the propagation of the truth as it is in Jesus.
religious teaching men
We would labor earnestly to raise a believer in salvation by free will into a believer in salvation by grace, for we long to see all religious teaching built upon the solid rock of truth and not upon the sand of imagination. At the same time, our grand object is not the revision of opinions, but the regeneration of natures. We should bring men to Christ, not to our own particular views of Christianity.