"Periods of wholesome laziness, after days of energetic effort, will wonderfully tone up the mind and body."

-- Grenville Kleiser

#Effort Quotes #Mind Quotes #Tone Quotes

“Bob Marley is a huge influence. I love reggae music, but I also love the purpose of the songs he writes and the style of the music - it takes your worries away and makes you feel good, and I think that's what music is about.”
“Sovereignty, loyalty, and solitude.”

Source : Georges Bataille (2004). “The Unfinished System of Nonknowledge”, p.167, U of Minnesota Press
“Iâ€™ve had those relationships, and you have to make those mistakes to find out what we really want.”
“I think what's always been interesting to me than the science and the criminality with this job is what happens to your persona, your disposition, after day in and day out dealing with life and death.”
“I wish Obama would focus on governing the United States and would forget his country's imperialist pretensions.”
“Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse had signed a lease on a five-room apartment in a geometric white house on First Avenue when they received word, from a woman named Mrs. Cortez, that a four-room apartment in the Bramford had become available.”

Source : Ira Levin (1985). “Three by Ira Levin”, Random House (NY)
“Imagine that someone said or did something cruel to you, but that you did not react in any way whatsoever – you did not become upset, resentful or even ruffled. You simply observed that this person was saying or doing something cruel, as though you were calmly observing the scene in a movie. You simply would not be stressed by what would appear to others to be a highly stressful encounter. Stress and cruelty affect us as profoundly as they do only because we react to them resentfully.”
“The number one problem in the classroom is not discipline; it is the lack of procedures and routines.”

Source : Harry K. Wong, Rosemary Tripi Wong, Chelonnda Seroyer (2009). “The First Days of School: How to be an Effective Teacher”, Harry K Wong Publication

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