House Guests Quotes - Page 2

• There's such a gulf between yourself and who you were then, but people speak to that other person and it answers; it's like having a stranger as a house guest in your skin.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  People, House, Skins

  Barbara Kingsolver (2009). “Animal Dreams: A Novel”, p.40, Harper Collins

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• Guests stay where you've put them, and carry on doing whatever you suggested they do, until you suggest they stop and do something else. If you leave them drinking a cup of tea and looking through your holiday slides, they're supposed to sit tight till you ask them to come and string beans in your kitchen.

  Anne Fine

  Drinking, Holiday, Kitchen

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• Jews have God's promise and if we Christians have it, too, then it is only as those chosen with them, as guests in their house, that we are new wood grafted onto their tree.

  Karl Barth

  Christian, House, Tree

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• House guests (I don't care who they are, how much I like them, or how long it's been since I last saw them) are pests, much like roaches and mice. But there are differences. You can trap roaches and mice. And they don't want you to drive them to Disneyland.

  Margo Kaufman

  Differences, Long, House

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• His [Rudolph Giuliani] marital life became unhinged with his wife kicking him out of the mayor`s residence of Gracie mansion. That he took up residence as a house guest in an apartment owned by friends of his.The friends were a loving gay couple. And that is the best thing I know about Rudy Giuliani.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Couple, Gay, Wife

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• None of my songs are written 'about' someone or something, they all just sort of tumble out unannounced, like the worst kind of house guest.

  St. Lucia

  Song, House, Guests

  Source: www.planetnotion.com

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• The only way to permanently install a new habit is to direct so much energy toward it that the old one slips away like an unwelcome house guest.

  Robin Sharma

  House, Energy, Guests

  FaceBook post by Robin Sharma from Dec 02, 2013

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• Mindfulness is developing an awareness of the thoughts and feelings that we move through without getting drawn into the meanings or taking action or getting sucked into the story. Like house guests, eventually they all leave. We become more attuned to being a container for those things and less identified with them.

  Barnet Bain

  Moving, House, Feelings

  "Eckhart Tolle & Barnet Bain on Bringing Mindfulness to the Movies". ORIGIN Interview, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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