"Gratitude is the state of mind of thankfulness. As it is cultivated, we experience an increase in our "sympathetic joy," our happiness at another's happiness. Just as in the cultivation of compassion, we may feel the pain of others, so we may begin to feel their joy as well. And it doesn't stop there."

-- Stephen Levine

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“The problem with movies now is that studios don't take a chance.”
“Anything you write, even if you have to start over, is valuable. I let the story write itself through the characters.”
“The advice I am giving always to all my students is above all to study the music profoundly... music is like the ocean, and the instruments are little or bigger islands, very beautiful for the flowers and trees.”
“Why can't poets just say what they want to say and then shut up?”
“As far as consistency of thought goes, I prefer inconsistency.”
“Your most profound and intimate experiences of worship will likely be in your darkest days - when your heart is broken, when you feel abandoned, when your out of options, when the pain is great - and you turn to God alone.”
“I've been aware of the work I do as an actor being directorial in feel.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The whole financial industry is consolidating in the United States.”

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