"Mindfulness helps us freeze the frame so that we can become aware of our sensations and experiences as they are, without the distorting coloration of socially conditioned responses or habitual reactions."

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Source : Henepola Gunaratana (2011). “Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Buddha's Path”, p.194, Simon and Schuster

Henepola Gunaratana

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“But if the UN cannot or will not revise its rules in ways that establish beyond question the legality of the measures the United States must take to protect the American people, then we should unashamedly and explicitly reject the jurisdiction of these rules.”

Source : David Frum, Richard Perle (2003). “An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror”, p.236, Random House
“On hearing the news [of being awarded a Nobel Prize], a friend who knows me only too well, sent me this laconic message: 'Blood, toil, sweat and tears always were a good mixture'.”
“... one's own faults are always a heavy chain to drag through life and one can't help groaning under the weight now and then.”
“People who travel are always fugitives.”
“You are my lover, you're my best friend. You're in my soul.”
“Some people are your family no matter when you find them, and some people are not, even if you are laid, still wet and crumpled, in their arms.”

Source : Amy Bloom (2010). “Love Invents Us”, p.198, Vintage
“To be clear, climate change is a true 800 pound gorilla in the room. The effects of global warming threaten global environmental upheaval over the coming century. But for South Florida and the Everglades, it could be our death knell if urgent action is not taken.”
“People have said, 'Why don't you make your own company like Chan-wook Park has his own company,' but my head is full of writing and directing and I don't feel like I want to run a company. That's not really within my personality as well.”

Source : "Exclusive Interview with Bong Joon-ho" by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. March 7, 2007.

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