"Do we really want to base our 21st-century policy on what the colonialist preferred at a certain time in history, not at all based on health or what the preferences of different cultures might be? That's just ridiculous."

-- Maia Szalavitz

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“Realize that your physical experience and environment is the materialization of your beliefs. If you find great exuberance, health, effective work, abundance, smiles on the faces of those who you meet, then take it for granted that your beliefs are beneficial. If you see a world that is good, people like you, take it for granted again, that your beliefs are beneficial. But if you find poor health, a lack of meaningful work, a lack of abundance, a world of sorrow and evil, then assume your beliefs are faulty and begin examining them.”
“I used the music kind of as therapy, and it's just amazing that I feel so free after doing that. I feel like I had it trapped inside of me and now I feel free. So it's been a very good therapy session for me as well.”
“Every time a director calls me and says, 'If you practice a lot in two months, can you be an American?' And I always tell them, 'Well, maybe but I'm French. So it's going to be hard to be someone else.”

Source : "‘Beginners’ Star Mélanie Laurent Talks Working With Ewan McGregor, Mike Mills & A Hateful Dog" by Drew Taylor, www.indiewire.com. June 3, 2011.
“I love to see people win. You can literally see a person change through achievement on this emotional and spiritual level.”

Source : "Jennifer Widerstrom: Fears, Philanthropy, and Fitness". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Formula for failure: Try to please everybody.”
“Miracles happen all the time. We're here, aren't we?”
“The Master and Margarita is my favorite. To me itâ€™s the greatest exploration of the human imagination.”
“The ultimate search engine would basically understand everything in the world, and it would always give you the right thing. And we're a long, long ways from that.”

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