- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Moment Quotes
Staying present, one moment at a time.
This set of moment quotes includes a reflection on searching for clear definitions in matters of faith, alongside a described moment of sudden clarity after being chosen for a major project. Another simply savors the pleasure of remembering shared moments together. Related reflections continue in our Love quotes.
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- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I felt like people who had a lost mindset or who occasionally did stupid things were having a 'donkey' moment, or some of them are permanent donkeys, so I just started calling them donkeys. So when I went to Philly to do my own morning show, that's when I first started doing 'Donkey of the Day.'
- Die
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment's grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one's life.
- Fret
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- Nov 07, 2020
We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's something about the rawness of the live thing, there's no rhythm guitars behind the solo, nothing other than what you hear the people playing at that moment. It's exciting, it's about the performance.
- Flower
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- Nov 07, 2020
A good poem is an amazing thing: a perfectly distilled, articulate moment. It opens you up - sometimes slowly, like the blooming of a flower, and sometimes with a quick knife-slice.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had come from Los Angeles - I had been there a partner of Gruen Associates, a large Los Angeles firm - and when the possibility of becoming a dean at Yale came, it was a very appropriate moment in my life. I was interested in a number of issues that I could not pursue while in a firm like Gruen's.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.
- Optimistic
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- Nov 07, 2020
Particularly at the moment, it's an incredibly optimistic thing to bring children into the world.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Theater is a space where you cross over from everyday life, because there are real people in that moment moving in front of you - you're being invited to believe in a story and cross that bridge.
- Dante
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- Nov 07, 2020
My background isn't in social software; it's in online community, social networks, personal publishing, blogging, self-expression on the Web. I got on the Internet in the 1980s, and the magic moment for me arose from my being a literature geek, especially Dante and Shakespeare.
- Distinction
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would reject the distinction between a Keynesian moment and a behavioral moment.
- Executive Branch
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- Nov 07, 2020
When it imposes expensive regulatory mandates on the private sector, Congress often acts on the basis of interest-group pressures, anecdotes, and the emotions of the moment. The executive branch is hardly perfect, but it is far less likely to do that.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always kept writing. There's never been a moment where I went through a spell where I just don't write.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
As long as they're making beloved books into movies, people are going to be like, 'That's not my mental image of them.' It takes that moment for it to click and become their mental image.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Maybe I see myself with kids, given the right place and right moment, with the right person.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020