"Each of us needs periods in which our minds can focus inwardly. Solitude is an essential experience for the mind to organize its own processes and create an internal state of resonance. In such a state, the self is able to alter its constraints by directly reducing the input from interactions with others. (p. 235)"

-- Daniel J. Siegel

#Self Quotes #Focus Quotes #Solitude Quotes

“I think the worst thing that can happen to a good actor is fame.”

Source : "A Film of One’s Own". Interview with Lynn Hirschberg, www.nytimes.com. September 3, 2006.
“I was taken by the romanticism of being thought of as an adult and living in a world that was completely new to me. I fell in love with acting then.”
“The atheist is cheating whenever he makes a moral judgment, acting as though it has an objective reference, when his philosophy in fact precludes it.”
“The aim of my life is the overthrow of monarchy.”
“I like being a leader in real life.”
“The past is what we have to learn about how to direct America to the future.”
“Too many Americans go to too many prisons for far too long, and for no truly good law enforcement reason.”

Source : "Eric Holder seeks to cut mandatory minimum drug sentences" by Dan Merica, Evan Perez, www.cnn.com. August 12, 2013.
“You must be in tune with the times and prepared to break with tradition.”

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