"It is hard to produce work in New York. You kind of have to center yourself - do some Zen meditation exercises and just focus. It is very distracting, and money, of course, is an issue."

-- Toyin Odutola

#Exercise Quotes #Focus Quotes #Meditation Quotes

“Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier. It takes a mile before anything happens. And if it was a wrong turn, getting back on course takes even longer.”
“When are Christian folks going to remember that every time you call yourself a Christian, you invoke the name of God, and that if you then walk a walk that does not reflect the presence of Christ in your life, cast a vote that does not reflect the presence of Christ in your life, then you are taking the name of the Lord your God in vain?”
“Our abode in this world is transitory, our life therein is but a loan, our breaths are numbered and our indolence is manifest.”
“Other people sound flat to my ear; their words just hang in the air. But when my mother says something, the ends curl.”
“Don't be insecure, if your heart is pure”
“She hissed, right there behind my ear, and I had the horrible idea she was spitting maggots into my hair. Why maggots were a problem when I was about to be dead, I didnâ€™t know, but the idea completely grossed me out. â€œIn the womb I heard you die, for no one lives when a banshee cries.â€ I wasnâ€™t just going to die. I was going to be rhymed to death. That simply wasnâ€™t fair.”
“I found solitary confinement the most forbidding aspect of prison life. There is no end and no beginning; there is only one's mind, which can begin to play tricks. Was that a dream or did it really happen? One begins to question everything.”
“What are you laughing at? You are laughing at yourself.”

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