"I find, on my own travels, that the most depressing form of culture shock is experienced when you go into a country that is under the thumb of a dictator."

-- Arthur Frommer

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“I think my worst problem is actually living in the moment and understanding everything that's going on. I feel like I'm in my own bubble.”
“Yoga is an ancient discipline in which physical postures, breath practice, meditation, and philosophical study are tools for achieving liberation. In my interpretation, achieving liberation in yoga means learning how to be present with everything that arises, whether it is pain or pleasure, sadness or joy, failure or success. And to be present with whatever arises, I believe we must not only be aware of what is arising but we must also be able to see all things that arise as equal, with detachment.”

Source : Rodney Yee (2004). “Moving Toward Balance: 8 Weeks of Yoga with Rodney Yee”, p.9, Rodale
“Come senators, congressmen Please heed the call Don't stand in the doorway Don't block up the hall For he that gets hurt Will be he who has stalled There's a battle outside ragin'. It'll soon shake your windows And rattle your walls For the times they are a-changin'.”
“The church also does not condone a broken immigration system in the U.S., one that too easily can lead to the exploitation, abuse and even death of immigrants.”
“The criticism is, once I get something flying, I lose interest in it.”
“I will love you always. When this red hair is white, I will still love you. When the smooth softness of youth is replaced by the delicate softness of age, I will still want to touch your skin. When your face is full of the lines of every smile you have ever smiled, of every surprise I have seen flash through your eyes, when every tear you have ever cried has left its mark upon your face,I will treasure you all the more, because I was there to see it all. I will share your life with you, Meredith, and I will love you until the last breath leaves your body or mine.”
“I'd worship the ground you walked on if only you walked in a better neighborhood.”
“Canada is useful only to provide me with furs.”

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