"Each new moment presents an opportunity for conscious choice. We can choose to let go of the past. We can choose to be here now. We can choose to accept responsibility for ourselves. . . . We can choose to awaken. Or we can choose to remain asleep and unconscious."

-- Leonard Jacobson

#Letting Go Quotes #Responsibility Quotes #Past Quotes

“If you have enough breath to complain about anything, you have more than enough reason to give thanks about something.”

Source : FaceBook post by Mattie Stepanek from Oct 29, 2012
“It's the fact that you can reduce my whole life to one word, whatever it is, my entire career, my service to my country, my academic rigor, my courage in going to interview terrorists, and refugee camps, and third-world prisons.”

Source : Source: www.vanityfair.com
“I stand behind what I say. If I don't want it to be out there then I won't say it. I am not out to hurt somebody. I am out to call attention to certain things but I am also out to make people laugh with my delivery and style of bluntness.”
“I don't owe one man one cent. Anywhere.”
“I'm a crybaby, which means I barricade myself in my house and scream for awhile, and when it subsides enough that I can leave, I go for a run. Tears make great fuel. Night runs, or rainy days, are best for this as you don't get as many questioning looks.”

Source : "Actor Allison McAtee: The best in everyone, being a crybaby, and practicing japa meditation". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“The first famous winemaking consultant was the late professor Emile Peynaud, who reigned over Bordeaux throughout the 1940s, 50s, 60s and 70s.”
“If somebody actually just walks up to you and says, â€˜Hey, do you want to do something out of the ordinary?â€™ there might be a little reluctance at first. But deep down, you want to do it. Itâ€™s adventure. Thatâ€™s what brings people in front of the camera. I also feel that when youâ€™re in your own environment thatâ€™s where you experiment, where you do all kinds of crazy stuff. So I thought, â€˜Okay, letâ€™s just see what happens if I allow that to unfold.â€™”
“A guy can do far far worse than surrounding himself with people who restore his faith in humanity.”

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