"I know this much about racing in the rain. I know it is about balance. It is about anticipation and patience... [it is also] about the mind! It is about owning one's body... It is about believing that you are not you; you are everything. And everything is you."

-- Garth Stein

#Rain Quotes #Believe Quotes #Mind Quotes

“We need to keep a constant watch over our mind and learn to distinguish between the beneficial and harmful thoughts that are arising moment by moment. Those who are able to do this are truly wise.”

Source : Kelsang Gyatso (2001). “Transform Your Life: A Blissful Journey”, p.123, Tharpa Publications UK
“To go from Yale to the National League is simply to go from one form of management to another.”
“Henry Kissinger may have wished I had presented him as a combination of Charles DeGaulle and Disraeli, but I didn't....out of respect for DeGaulle and Disraeli. I described him as a cowboy because that is how he describes himself. If I were a cowboy I would be offended.”
“If i can't even protect my captain's dream, then whatever ambition i have is nothing but talk..”
“Art makes people do a double take and then, if they're looking at the picture, maybe they'll read the text under it that says, "Come to Union Square, For Anti-War Meeting Friday." I've been operating that way ever since - that art is a means to an end rather than simply an end in itself. In art school we're always taught that art is an end in itself - art for art's sake, expressing yourself, and that that's enough.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“It would just be a pamphlet. Three pages. The first page would be Drugs I Have Taken and then a list. The next page would be People I Have Slept With and then another list. Then the last page would be Famous People I Have Partied With and then another list. Because that's all people write in their autobiographies. Cut out all the bullshit and it's just a three-page pamphlet.”

Source : "The Cribs' Ryan Jarman: 'This is the only job I can do ... McDonald's wouldn't employ me'". Interview With Tim Jonze, www.theguardian.com. February 27, 2013.
“It's time for those of us who have a voice to speak out for life, for love and for justice using the same media we've used throughout our careers.”

Source : "Chaka Khan records song for Trayvon Martin" by Sean Michaels, www.theguardian.com. March 28, 2012.
“I am a Justin Timberlake fan.”

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