"My ideas sometimes get the better of me. Before I clearly explain one, another comes to mind and seizes my attention...."

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Source : Ellen J. Langer (1989). “Mindfulness”, Da Capo Press

Ellen Langer

#Ideas Quotes #Mind Quotes #Attention Quotes

“Acquaint yourself with fewer people, and as a result, you will backbite less frequently.”
“If newsmen do not tell the truth as they see it because it might make waves, or if their bosses decide something should or should not be broadcast because of Washington or Main Street consequences, we have dishonored ourselves and we have lost the First Amendment by default.”
“When I was 9, my parents let me take a cab to the mall all by myself. I had hardly any money to spend, but I did have a very specific list of things I wanted to do: buy cookies and sit on the furniture at Sears.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Whether we are describing a king, an assassin, a thief, an honest man, a prostitute, a nun, a young girl, or a stallholder in a market, it is always ourselves that we are describing.”
“Flat or round, there has always been hate in the world.”

Source : Tanith Lee (1981). “Tales from the Flat Earth: The Lords of Darkness Night's Master Death's Master Delusion's Master”
“I like dropping into a small club and playing with some people, trying to help them get a start.”
“No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse.”
“No measure of time with you will be long enough, but we'll start with forever.”

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