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Brenda Strong, born on March 25, 1960, is an accomplished American actress. She gained widespread recognition for her role as Charlie Pace in the television series 'Lost', and has made significant contributions to various film and television projects.

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“I must have Haley Joel Osment as my agent, because he only sees dead parts”

Agents Parting Haley

Author:Brenda Strong

“I strove to maintain a spiritual practice, but since I was being pulled in so many directions, I couldn't seem to stay steady and grounded. I used to get overwhelmed when I thought about everything there was to do, and I was exhausted much of the time.”

Seems Spiritual Used Practice Steady Exhausted Grounded Overwhelmed Spiritual Practice

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“Growing up in the Pacific Northwest as a young girl, whenever I felt emotionally overwhelmed, I would take a walk in the woods. Being in the stillness and grandeur of trees had always calmed me.”

Young Girl Felt Walks Growing Up Growing Tree Woods Stillness Overwhelmed Grandeur Pacific Pacific Northwest Walk In The Woods

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“I saw that all aspects of my life had been pulling me out of balance because I hadn't perceived them as part of a "whole," or the totality that was "me."”

Whole Saws Balance Aspect Pulling Totality Parts Of A Whole

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“I realized that a tree never says, "I have too many branches." It simply digs deeper roots, expands itself to catch more light, and extends itself in multiple directions so as not to be unevenly weighted.”

Light Tree Roots Deeper I Realized Branches Multiple Dig Deep

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“"Balance" as a verb doesn't mean "stillness," but the constant act of making minor corrections from one side to another to bring one towards a center of stability.”

Mean Sides Balance Constant Stability Stillness Minors Verbs Corrections

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“In life, when you start to fall, you don't have to go crazy, scolding yourself and further throwing yourself off balance. Instead, simply make adjustments.”

Fall Crazy Balance Throwing Adjustment Scolding

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“Nine times out of ten it's a minor shift in your focus and your attitude that makes the difference.”

Differences Attitude Focus Ten Nine Minors

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“In yoga practice, over time you use fewer muscles more efficiently. Expansion does require energy, but it should not require a great deal of effort.”

Should Doe Use Energy Deals Effort Practice Yoga Muscles Fewer Expansion Yoga Practice

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“Until my Yoga practice became the great facilitator of all things in my life, the integration of career, purpose and motherhood felt like an unattainable dream.”

Dream Purpose Felt Careers Practice Yoga All Things Motherhood Integration Unattainable Yoga Practice

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“Balance for me now means seeing myself as a tree, being strong enough in my roots and trunk to not be a pushover, but being flexible enough in every circumstance not to break. I am continuing to expand, but not any faster than my roots can support me.”

Mean Enough Strong Break Support Seeing Tree Balance Circumstances Roots Faster Continuing Flexible Strong Enough Trunks Support Me Pushovers

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“I make the necessary "corrections" if I find myself leaning too far in one direction.”

Ifs Corrections One Direction

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“As yogis, we are constantly exploring the world of duality, while being acutely aware of the unity of all things.”

World All Things Unity Exploring Duality Yogi Exploring The World

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“We explore within postures everything we deal with in life: the interplay between resistance and surrender; establishing stability and maintaining flexibility; learning to receive and release; being present to all the complexities of our lives, and returning to the fundamentals of our "beginner's mind" again and again.”

Mind Deals Our Lives Fundamentals Surrender Resistance Release Complexity Stability Again And Again Flexibility Maintaining Posture Beginners

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“We are all being called to be more present than ever, while dealing with a more challenging array of personal and professional challenges, opportunities and all-around growth.”

Opportunity Growth Challenges

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“There is a polarizing and dualistic experience occurring politically and economically in the world, and I believe we are near the peak of a cyclical and truly chaotic time.”

World Believe I Believe Chaotic Polarizing

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“There is a push and a pull almost like an isometric stretch. Our literal flexibility and our physical, psychological and spiritual practices are more important now than ever to balance the boat.”

Important Spiritual Practice Balance Psychological Boat Flexibility Literal Spiritual Practice

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“I truly have come to believe that there are only two states of being that generate our thoughts: LOVE or FEAR.”

Believe Two States Our Thoughts

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“It is a crucial time to be mindful of our thoughts.”

Crucial Our Thoughts

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“Most of us are facing big changes in our lives. But, in our more evolved moments, I think we can all agree that fear-based worries are a waste of time and only create the experiences we are trying to avoid.”

Thinking Trying Moments Bigs Worry Our Lives Waste Agree Wasting Time Big Changes

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“Being inundated with constant "bad" news from the media doesn't help.”

Helping Media News Constant Bad News

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“I have recently decided that there is no place in my head or my heart for fear anymore.”

Heart My Heart Decided

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“I am giving myself permission to love - ALL of it.”

Giving Permission

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“After all, if we are co-creators of our reality, as so many philosophies have espoused, then we have a say in how it is, how it goes and our participation in it, right?”

Ifs Philosophy Reality Creator Participation

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“It feels good to rail against what is wrong in the world, to fight the good fight, to beat the drum of making a difference. I am right there with you.”

World Feels Fighting Differences Beats Feel Good Making A Difference Rail Good Fight Fight The Good Fight

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“I am not advocating doing nothing. I am advocating for you to energetically, actively and vigilantly monitor how you are BEING.”

Doing Nothing Advocating

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“You can still do all the same things. How you do them is what will shift.”

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“The mind and heart is the field upon which war is waged within us. If we can stop that internal fear-based battle, then those outside of us will be affected as well.”

Ifs Mind Wells Heart War Fields Battle Internals Affected Heart And Mind

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“The only unifying thought is one of LOVE.”

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“My grandmother was the daughter of pioneers, as was my grandfather, and they were farmers. And they worked the land, and there is a grounded value system that becomes inherent in knowing what's real and what's powerful. And understanding the material nature of not only man, but beasts and profit and all of those things that you fight for.”

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Born: March 25, 1960
Known for: Actress
Quotes: 30

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