"True happiness is born of letting go of what is unnecessary."

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Source : FaceBook post by Sharon Salzberg from Oct 20, 2012

Sharon Salzberg

#Happiness Quotes #Letting Go Quotes #Unnecessary Quotes

“For [Louis] Brandeis, you know, ethnicity and background are much less important than facts and reason. And he believes that far from wanting to efface our diversity of perspectives, we have to embrace it because that makes us more American, not less. In that sense, he's incredibly modern in an age of cultural pluralism. And it is disappointing for just the reasons you say that not everyone has embraced his pluralistic vision.”

Source : Source: www.slate.com
“I think that's why I like New York City because you can just put on your backpack and just explore; you never know where you are going to end up.”

Source : Interview with Lori Blackman, www.cnn.com. August 9, 2000.
“"Hard" science fiction probes alternative possible futures by means of reasoned extrapolations in much the same way that good historical fiction reconstructs the probable past. Even far-out fantasy can present a significant test of human values exposed to a new environment. Deriving its most cogent ideas from the tension between permanence and change, science fiction combines the diversions of novelty with its pertinent kind of realism.”
“He who does not enjoy solitude will not love freedom.”
“I like people. I like animals, too-whales and quail, dinosaurs and dodos. But I like human beings especially, and I am unhappy that the pool of human germ plasm, which determines the nature of the human race, is deteriorating.”
“I've never had a clique. It's impossible when you're always traveling.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I don't actually like blocking actors. I prefer giving actors freedom. They don't have to step on a precise mark with me. Instead of giving marks to the actors I like to give marks to the camera.”
“I almost broke my coccyx on 'The Wolf Man,' and I banged my head once. I had to fall really hard.”

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