"The waves have the habit of going forward and then flowing back."

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Source : Source: wordswithoutborders.org

Dacia Maraini

#Wave Quotes #Habit Quotes

“Uh, stay fat people - That's my motto. It's no picnic!”
“I think the great country songs mixed with some of that bluegrass instrumentation - and surrounding all that with a little bit of a rock vibe and energy - is the kind of music I make.”
“I have so great a contempt and detestation for meanness, that I could sooner make a friend of one who had committed murder, than of a person who could be capable, in any instance, of the former vice. Under meanness, I comprehend dishonesty; under dishonesty, ingratitude; under ingratitude, irreligion; and under this latter, every species of vice and immorality in human nature.”
“I have never doubted that religious phenomena are only to be understood on the pattern of the individual neurotic symptoms familiar to us.”
“All the passions are nothing else than different degrees of heat and cold of the blood.”
“I could wear makeup today, and one person would say it looks bland, another would say it looks fake, and another might tell me I look really natural. Everyone is convinced their opinion is the truth, and that's what I struggle against.”
“We've only explored about five percent of our ocean. There are great discoveries yet to be made down there, fantastic creatures representing millions of years of evolution and possibly bioactive compounds that could benefit us in ways that we can't even yet imagine.”

Source : "How we found the giant squid". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February 2013.
“...This jewel is the wisdom and compassion that it takes to act not on behalf of ourselves but for all beings. This is where real confidence and competence come from. Once we possess this jewel, our life becomes blessed.”

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