"When you sit, everything sits with you."

--

Shunryu Suzuki

#Meditation Quotes

“You want to prove that Milton Friedman is a fascist? It's easy. Quote him.”
“Anyone can smile on their best day. I like to meet a man who can smile on his WORST.”
“I had to choose, I'd be so sad. They are flip sides of the same coin. I love both comedy and drama.”

Source : "Dianne Wiest at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival". Interview with Leslie Rigoulot, www.filmscouts.com. January 20, 1996.
“Acceptance. We want someone to look at us, and really see usâ€”our physical flaws, our personality quirks, our insecurities. And we want them to be okay with every square inch of who we are. Weâ€™re always afraid we might be too needy or too much work. We put all these limitations on ourselves and our relationships because weâ€™re afraid that weâ€™re not really loved. That weâ€™re not really accepted. We hide little pieces of ourselves because we think that might be the one thing that finally drives away the person whoâ€™s supposed to love us.”

Source : Michele Bardsley (2010). “Cross Your Heart: A Broken Heart Novel”, p.148, Penguin
“I've been a lifelong horror fan, but at the same time, I would say 90 percent of my reading is biographies and nonfiction history.”
“The essential element in nurturing our creativity lies in nurturing ourselves.”
“I think academics are infuriating. For every expert on Shakespeare there is another one to cancel his theory out. It drives you up the wall. I think the greatest form of finding out the truth is through fantasy.”
“A lot of period dramas can appear quite arch to most people, stuffy.”

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