"You yourself are time- your body, your mind, the objects around you. Plunge into the river of time and swim, instead of standing on the banks and noting the course of the currents."

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Source : Philip Kapleau (1989). “Zen: Merging of East and West”, Anchor

Philip Kapleau

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“As a born-again Christian, I believe God actively and directly influences me to action.”

Source : Herschel Walker, Gary Brozek, Jerry Mungadze, Charlene Maxfield (2009). “Breaking Free: My Life with Dissociative Identity Disorder”, p.5, Simon and Schuster
“The actual assertion that the Census Bureau could behave in such a way as to tilt things one way or the other way in the partisan sense, is, on the face of it, a silly charge. It's the same Census Bureau that's considered to be incompetent by some people, and then some of the same people are saying that this incompetent agency is so clever and so Machiavellian that it can design a census for partisan reasons.”

Source : "Census, Uncensored". Interview with Stephen Robert Morse, www.motherjones.com. June 26, 2009.
“When I was a little kid, I used to say, "I would rather host the Oscars than win an Oscar." To me, that seemed like the more appealing, fun gig.”
“I've always felt that I'm in a spontaneous business and if you script something, if you plan something, it will sound that way.”

Source : "Miracle On Ice: One-on-One with Al Michaels, 30 Years Later". Interview with Darren Rovell, www.cnbc.com. February 22, 2010.
“The failure is the man who stays down when he falls.”
“I will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts to domestic and defense spending. There will be no easy off ramps on this one.”
“Lawsuit abuse is a major contributor to the increased costs of healthcare, goods and services to consumers.”
“As we retain but a faint remembrance of our felicity, it is but fair that the smartest stroke of sorrow should, if bitter, at least be brief.”

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