- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Life Quotes
Quotes on the meaning found in life.
Life quotes on this page range widely - from lifelong searches for spiritual meaning and questions about religious definitions of sin, to the more ordinary scene of people debating life's big problems over drinks. That range mirrors related pages like Life Status.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that hope, that ability to envision, to imagine a better way, and then to apply yourself to it, is the way to climb out of a hole, is the way to build a better life, is the way to build a better community and a better country.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd like to have another opportunity to serve. I believe in service. I enjoy it. I also like coming and going, you know, because I think that my private-sector life has contributed to how I think about public-sector challenges and what I do in the public sector.
- Will
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's all about sensitivity. If you have sensitivity then mysticism will be part of your life.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up around so much new agey stuff. Part of me takes it lightly because I'm so used to it. It was my parents. It wasn't some path I discovered and want to share with people. It's just been a very natural part of my life. There's humor to it and there's seriousness to it, too.
- Hard Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an adolescent I saw the Specials at the Glass House in Pomona, and that was life changing. I dressed the part - except not well, because it was a thrift suit. I looked more like David Byrne than a rudeboy; I still have a hard time finding suits that fit me. But I had my braces and I had my Docs. It was unbelievable.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's funny, sometimes life just comes down to bringing a little bit of light to somebody when you can.
- Nov 07, 2020
When you're improvising, you connect with people in a way you don't in normal life, strangely.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother, who is nearly ninety now, still talks continually about my father. All my life, I've been aware of her grief about his absence and her strong pride in his conduct.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I described in 'Another Life' - about being on the hill and feeling the sort of dissolution that happened - is a frequent experience in a younger writer.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't feel I've arrived home until I get on the beach. All my life, the theater of the sea has been a very strong thing.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know what would have happened to me as a writer if I had gone to England and shaped my life out of England. Of course, I will never know, but I think I prefer what did happen.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
In real life, when I can avoid anything stressful, I do.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's a controlling thing on stage - you're directing the action, getting people to play their role. In real life, I take being kind and nice seriously, so the last thing I'd ever want to be is that weird, controlling, manipulative character.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
We go through life owned by the stories we tell ourselves which are often historic and charged narratives - things we've learnt since childhood that we don't even consciously realise are going on.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
My wife says I spend my life trying to teach white folks. I'm not so sure I'm proud of it, but she's right.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's part of growing up. You're away from home and you meet new people and adjust to new things. It's part of life.
- Giggles
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- Nov 07, 2020