Accomplished Quotes - Page 10

• The entrance into Zen is the grasping of one's essential nature. It is absolutely impossible, however, to come to a clear understanding of our essential nature by any intellectual or philosophical method. It is accomplished only by the experience of self-realization through zazen.

  Yamada Koun

  Nature, Philosophical, Self

  Koun Yamada (2005). “The Gateless Gate: The Classic Book of Zen Koans”, p.19, Simon and Schuster

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• When a man or a woman holds fast to youth, even if successfully, there is something of the pitiful and the tragic involved. It is the everlasting struggle of the soul to retain the joy of earth, whose fleeing distinguishes it from heaven, and whose retention is not accomplished without an inner knowledge of its futility.

  Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

  Struggle, Men, Joy

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• I was not too stupid to learn, but too smart. Some instinct must have warned me that a woman accomplished in the domestic arts is frequently enslaved by them.

  Corra May Harris

  Art, Stupid, Instinct

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• Few actions of consequence in the world have been accomplished without passion.

  Jerold Panas

  Passion, Fundraising, World

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• [on debates] Accomplished a bit more for Bush than for Gore only because there were more question marks for Bush. I think he established that he possesses at least the minimum qualifications for being president.

  Stuart Rothenberg

  Thinking, President, Mark

  "latimes.com: Candidates look to break out in waning days" by Maria L. La Ganga and Mark Z. Barabak, www.cnn.com. October 19, 2000.

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• Most people don't know that I am an accomplished dramatic actor... But I've performed in several Shakespeare productions including Hamlet, except in this version, Hamlet lives in an apartment with two women, and has to pretend he's gay so that the landlord won't evict him.

  John Ritter

  Gay, Two, People

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• In the end, through simple illustrations I believed I had accomplished my purpose. A dozen invitations to speak to similar groups were proffered. The conversation went on and on, and when
  we were finally through it was too late to return to New York.

  Margaret Sanger

  New York, Simple, Illustration

  Margaret Sanger (2004). “The Autobiography of Margaret Sanger”, p.367, Courier Corporation

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• Awakening is not a state but a process: an ethical way of life and commitment that enables human flourishing. As such, it is no longer the exclusive preserve of enlightened teachers or accomplished yogis. Likewise, nirvana-the stopping of craving-is not the goal of the path but its very source. For human flourishing first stirs in that clear, bright, empty space where neurotic self-centredness realizes that it has no ground at all to stand on. One is then freed to pour forth like sunlight.

  Stephen Batchelor

  Teacher, Commitment, Self

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• Most men, even the most accomplished, are of limited faculties; every one sets a value on certain qualities in himself and others: these alone he is willing to favour, these alone will he have cultivated.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Men, Quality, Favour

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• All things are accomplished by the meditative act of releasing illusions and simply becoming.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Becoming, Illusion, All Things

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• I hold my time with the Black Crowes with the utmost respect and sincerest appreciation. It is a huge swath of my life’s body of work. I couldn’t be more proud of what we accomplished and deeply moved by the relationships people created and maintained with my music. That alone is the greatest honor of being a musician.

  Rich Robinson

  Life, Music, Appreciation

  "Rich Robinson Announces The Black Crowes Have Broken Up". www.jambase.com. January 15, 2015.

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• I think that even someone who got into an institution through affirmative action could prove they were qualified by what they accomplished there.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Thinking, Action, Institutions

  Sonia Sotomayor (2013). “My Beloved World”, p.188, Vintage

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• I would say that Barack Obama has always been a real optimist about what can be accomplished. He believes that government can be used to create systemic, long-term, real change. And the first lady is more of a skeptic.

  Jodi Kantor

  Real, Believe, Government

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• The deed will be accomplished with the least amount of bloodshed possible, and, if possible ..., we'll save all the souls and send them happily off to their abode.

  Francois Rabelais

  Soul, Deeds, Bloodshed

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• The only thing I wish I could figure out is how I got misunderstood regarding the type of person I really am and what I accomplished.

  Rickey Henderson

  Cocky, Mean, Games

  "Rickey rules". Interview with Dennis Manoloff, www.cleveland.com. July 25, 2009.

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• Around the world, we see the results of exploitation which destroys much without taking future generations into account. Protecting the world's forests; stemming desertification and erosion; avoiding the spread of toxic substances harmful to man, animals and plants; protecting the atmosphere; all these can be accomplished only through active and wise cooperation, without borders or political power plays.

  Pope John Paul II

  Wise, Men, Animal

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• It may be that the invention of the aeroplane flying-machine will be deemed to have been of less material value to the world than the discovery of Bessemer and open-hearth steel, or the perfection of the telegraph, or the introduction of new and more scientific methods in the management of our great industrial works. To us, however, the conquest of the air, to use a hackneyed phrase, is a technical triumph so dramatic and so amazing that it overshadows in importance every feat that the inventor has accomplished.

  Waldemar Kaempffert

  Air, Discovery, Perfection

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• If I have accomplished anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard.

  Madam C. J. Walker

  Business, Hard Work, Empowerment

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• Peter Forsberg's skills and determination made him one of the most powerful forwards in the NHL during the best years of his career. Hearing of his retirement is sad news but one day every athlete has to come to this decision. He should be very proud of all he accomplished throughout his career.

  Patrick Roy

  Retirement, Determination, Powerful

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• I'm not a writer who's preaching some particular philosophy or something but the big questions do concern me and I like to make my readers think and debate and argue with each other and look at some aspect of the world or some act of governance or war or power and have an angle they haven't considered before, and that's something I strive for and hopefully have accomplished.

  George R. R. Martin

  Philosophy, War, Thinking

  "EIBF 2014: George R.R. Martin on Game Of Thrones, writing". www.denofgeek.com. August 15, 2014.

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• I've accomplished enough in life so that I do not fear death.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Enough, Fear Of Death, Do Not Fear

  "I am Neil deGrasse Tyson - AMA". Reddit.com, November 13, 2011.

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• You see the movie with the music and the editing and all the parts that you weren't there for when it was being filmed, and you really appreciate all the names that are scrolling by. You realize that you accomplished so much.

  Diane Lane

  Editing, Names, Appreciate

  "Diane Lane, John Malkovich and Randall Wallace Interview SECRETARIAT". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 1, 2010.

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• The first day's always the hardest, because it moves so much faster than a film does and once you get into that rhythm, though, you feel like you've accomplished so much in such a short period of time, so there a bit of comfort in that. You just have to find your rhythm.

  Jaimie Alexander

  Moving, Firsts, Comfort

  "Interview: Jaimie Alexander Brings Lady Sif to ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’". Interview with Daniel Fienberg, uproxx.com. March 11, 2014.

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• No matter how hard I worked, whatever I accomplished was attributed to my looks. If you're working your ass off, then you don't want to be told that you only got whatever because of the way you look. It takes the heart out of you.

  Gloria Steinem

  Heart, Want, Matter

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• People just like the thrill of anything. Dangerous things and dark things are exciting. Like as a kid, I knew I wasn't going to get killed if I went into the Haunted House but you kind of feel like you are. And when it comes out the track the other side, it's like, "we're still alive"! And I find it really funny when adults get really scared because I've not been really scared since I saw Jaws when I was a little kid. I just think people like the thrill of it, they like to feel like they accomplished something, that they survived the movie.

  Rob Zombie

  Kids, Dark, Thinking

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