"I really do believe that the bottom line that creates transformation in the individual is the ability to focus your attention in an ever greater and more subtle way, and that follows the whole path of the limbs."

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Source : "Beryl Bender Birch: Abhyasa and Avoiding Flying Tomatoes". Interview with Andrea Marcum, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

Beryl Bender Birch

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“This year its just about winning the big matches because if youre going to get into the top 20 then youve got to do well at the Masters Series and the grand slams. I dont have any ranking points to defend for the first few months of the year so if I do well over the next few weeks then Ive got a chance of doing it.”
“If you want to support others you have to stay upright yourself.”

Source : Peter Høeg (2013). “Borderliners: A Novel”, p.52, Macmillan
“Peace is the respect for the rights of the other person.”
“People were always able to look at Bettie Page and see what they needed her to be and she gave them that permission to do so. So in that way she's a feminist but I don't think she was ever trying to be.”

Source : "Interview: Gretchen Mol (The Notorious Bettie Page)". Interview with Devin Faraci, www.chud.com. April 14, 2006.
“It is all very well to be cautious, but if we are too cautious we will miss our opportunity.”

Source : "The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire" by John Toland, (p. 754), 2003.
“Instead of saying that globalization is a fact, that it's inevitable, we've also got to demonstrate that while the growing interdependence of the world economy is indeed a fact, it's not uncontrollable.”
“I have to get to the point of the absolute and unquestionable relationship that takes everything exactly as it comes from Him. God never guides us at some time in the future, but always here and now. Realize that the Lord is here now, and the freedom you receive is immediate.”
“Do you have any control over being conscious? Do you know how you will?”

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