"The ground swell is what's going to sink you as well as being what buoys you up. These are cliches also, of course, and I'm sometimes interested in how much one can get away with"

-- Paul Muldoon

#Buoys Quotes #Sometimes Quotes #Cliche Quotes

“It's through the small things that we develop our moral imagination, so that we can understand the sufferings of others.”
“I look a certain way. I have a very specific kind of look.”

Source : "Famke Janssen on her directorial debut, the X-Men films, and Taken 2". Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. October 8, 2012.
“Question with boldness even the existence of a god.”
“When I am reading a book, whether wise or silly, it seems to me to be alive and talking to me.”
“I have this phobia: I don't like mirrors. And I don't watch myself on television. If anything comes on, I make them shut it off, or I leave the room.”
“When you're entertaining all day long and that's your work, you end up really very tired. You don't have a lot of energy left over for your loved ones.”
“Those who are victorious plan effectively and change decisively. They are like a great river that maintains its course but adjusts its flow...they have form but are formless. They are skilled in both planning and adapting and need not fear the result of a thousand battles: for they win in advance, defeating those that have already lost.”
“The first step to becoming a more peaceful person is to have the humility to admit that, in most cases, you're creating your own emergencies. Life will usually go on if things don't go according to plan. It's helpful to keep reminding yourself and repeating the sentence, "Life isn't an emergency".”

Source : Richard Carlson (1998). “Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, and It's All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life”, MacMillan Publishing Company

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