Being There Quotes - Page 10

• This word 'individual' is beautiful; it means indivisible. Right now as you are, you are divided. You are only many fragments clinging together anyhow without any center being there, without any master in the house, with only servants. And for a moment any servant can become the master.

  Rajneesh

  Beautiful, Mean, House

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• Harry's status as orphan gives him a freedom other children can only dream about (guiltily, of course). No child wants to lose their parents, yet the idea of being removed from the expectations of parents is alluring. The orphan in literature is freed from the obligation to satisfy his/her parents, and from the inevitable realization that his/her parents are flawed human beings. There is something liberating, too, about being transported into the kind of surrogate family which boarding school represents, where the relationships are less intense and the boundaries perhaps more clearly defined.

  J. K. Rowling

  Dream, Children, School

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• My mother's in my life, but at the time you imagine your mom passing away, not being there ... as a kid you try to think of something that hurts you the most ... It was just a tool [in "Hardball"].

  Michael B. Jordan

  Mom, Mother, Hurt

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

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• My kids are the funniest two human beings there are.

  Kevin Hart

  Kids, Two, Humans

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• I like being what the girls call MOD-"my other Dad." What I've learned in the past year is that every kid is different. But as long as you love them and never forget that love, then you have the key. I think it's all about just being there and loving them because kids feel that every single day.

  Ashton Kutcher

  Girl, Daughter, Dad

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• Doing a show is very similar to what meditation is supposed to be: being there and being present in that space and time.

  Gift of Gab

  Space, Meditation, Shows

  Source: www.billboard.com

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• I come alive by giving back, seeing my children smile and hearing them laugh, standing up for things I believe in, achieving a goal, being there for those who need me, spending quality time with my husband, and indulging in "me moments," whether it's a vacation or just a night out with friends.

  Trista Sutter

  Husband, Children, Believe

  "Trista Sutter from The Bachelorette: Spreading the Gift of Gratitude". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• Those who wish to change things may face disappointment, loss, or even ridicule. If you are ahead of your time, people laugh as often as they applaud, and being there first is usually lonely. But our protection cannot come between us and our purpose. Right protection is something within us rather than something between us and the world, more about finding a place of refuge and strength than finding a hiding place.

  Rachel Naomi Remen

  Spiritual, Lonely, Disappointment

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• I gave three years of my life to take care of my dying mother who had Alzheimer's disease. Being there for her every need for three years might have looked codependent but it wasn't because it was what I wanted to do.

  Melody Beattie

  Mother, Alzheimer's, Years

  Interview with Martha Rosenberg, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 14, 2011.

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• Where do we say that a cell became a blade of grass, which became a starfish, which became a cat, which became a donkey, which became a human being? There's a real lack of evidence from change from actual species to a different type of species.

  Michele Bachmann

  Real, Cat, Cells

  "Michele Bachmann Said What?!" by Tim Murphy, www.motherjones.com. June 6, 2011.

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• In a profound sense every man has two halves to his being; he is not one person so much as two persons trying to act in unison. I believe that in the heart of each human being there is something which I can only describe as a child of darkness who is equal and complementary to the more obvious child of light.

  Laurens van der Post

  Children, Believe, Heart

  Laurens Van Der Post (2013). “Feather Fall: An Anthology of Laurens Van Der Post”, p.35, Random House

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• Being here really is just the invitation to rest as Being. There is nothing you have to do. It is not an invitation to become. You will not be scrutinized, your actions compared with those of others. Thats just unicorn food. Let your river flow as it pleases. Simply observe and recognise that all is unfolding spontaneously when that inner journalist- the ego, is exposed as a myth.

  Mooji

  Rivers, Ego, Flow

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• In you, as in each human being, there is a dimension of consciousness far deeper than thought. It is the very essence of who you are. We may call it presence, awareness, the unconditioned consciousness.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Essence, May, Dimensions

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “Stillness Speaks”, p.13, New World Library

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• In every human being there is a special heaven, whole and unbroken.

  Paracelsus

  Heaven, Special, Unbroken

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• When it comes to controlling human beings there is no better instrument than lies. Because, you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts ... Who knows what use they’ll make of you? Maybe you’ll help them to persuade people to buy things they don’t need, or hate things they know nothing about, or hold beliefs that make them easy to handle, or doubt the truths that might save them.

  Michael Ende

  Hate, Lying, People

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• I've watched 'Being There' over 50 times, and every time I watch it, I love every frame. I just wish I had directed it myself.

  Brett Ratner

  Wish, Watches, Over 50

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• When I'm acting, I'm two beings. There's the one monitoring the distance between myself and the camera, making sure I hit my marks, and there is the one driven by this inner fire, this delicious fear.

  Jeanne Moreau

  Distance, Fire, Two

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• I have social anxiety. It's easier up on stage because there's security in being there. When I'm off stage I'm trying not to be a manic freak. I'm quite shy.

  Sia Furler

  Anxiety, Trying, Shy

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• One of the few luxuries left is travel, and the aspect of travel that is luxurious is not the movement, but the being there.

  Andre Balazs

  Luxury, Movement, Aspect

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• Zazen practice is the direct expression of our true nature. Strictly speaking, for a human being, there is no other practice than this practice; there is no other way of life than this way of life.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Expression, Practice, Growth

  Shunryu Suzuki (2010). “Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind”, p.32, Shambhala Publications

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• Taking care of yourself is being there for your kids, like how on a plane, they tell you to put on your oxygen mask first.

  Gwyneth Paltrow

  Kids, Oxygen, Care

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• When you wash your hands, when you make a cup of coffee, when you're waiting for the elevator - instead of indulging in thinking, these are all opportunities for being there as a still, alert presence.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Coffee, Opportunity, Thinking

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. May, 2008.

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• You will begin to touch heaven, Jonathan, in the moment that you touch perfect speed. And that isn’t flying a thousand miles an hour, or a million, or flying at the speed of light. Because any number is a limit, and perfection doesn’t have limits. Perfect speed, my son, is being there.

  Richard Bach

  Son, Light, Numbers

  Richard Bach (2014). “Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The Complete Edition”, p.45, Simon and Schuster

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• It is not easy to convey a sense of wonder, let alone resurrection wonder, to another. It’s the very nature of wonder to catch us off guard, to circumvent expectations and assumptions. Wonder can’t be packaged, and it can’t be worked up. It requires some sense of being there and some sense of engagement.

  Eugene H. Peterson

  Jesus, Expectations, Engagement

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• It wasn't only that you didn't see him anymore, meet him anymore. You saw his absence and encountered it as something tangible. His not being there was like the sharply outlined emptiness of a photo with a figure cut out precisely with scissors and now the missing figure is more important, more dominant than all others.

  Pascal Mercier

  Cutting, Missing, Important

  Pascal Mercier (2008). “Night Train to Lisbon: A Novel”, p.157, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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