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Quote by Ellen Langer

“Stress is a function not of events, but of our view of those events.”

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Ellen Langer is a renowned psychologist, born on March 25, 1947. She has conducted extensive research in the field of cognitive psychology, particularly known for her theory of 'psychological flexibility'. more

“In 'Labor Day Hurricane, 1935,' Douglas Trevor vividly recreates a historical event. While that is the only story in A THIN TEAR IN THE FABRIC OF SPACE in the historical past, many of the other stories juxtapose fact-both historical and scientific-with narration to an engaging effect, one that distinguishes the voice of this new writer.”

Facts Stories Past Voice Space Effects Events Tears Labor Historical Fabric Engaging Hurricanes Labor Day Narration Historical Events

Author:Stuart Dybek

“It's a pity to shoot the pianist when the piano is out of tune.”

Pity Piano Tunes Pianist

Author:Rene Coty

“Rueful, bittersweet, funny, written with tenderness and bite, Merrill Feitell's stories, like so many classic short stories, are made from the plain and painful stuff of this world, and haunted by the possibility, and the impossibility, of a better one.”

World Made Stories Stuff Written Possibility This World Painful Classic Bites Short Story Tenderness Impossibility Bittersweet Bite Me

Author:Michael Chabon

“I'm just trying to get rid of all the mystery surrounding me and let people see what I'm thinking. So they can understand me and stop assuming things about me.”

People Thinking Trying Mystery Assuming Understand Me

Author:Juliana Hatfield

“While I hold my own views, it's important not to get too wrapped up in individual candidates and personalities, but instead to focus on the real issues”

Important Real Individual My Own Views Issues Focus Personality Candidates

Author:Marcus Samuelsson

“Bring love into your home, for this is where our love for each other must start”

Home Our Love Calcutta Unloved Being Unloved Easy Love

Author:Mother Teresa

“An artist wears his work in place of wounds.”

Artist Wounds

Author:Patti Smith

“What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.”

Mind Body Mind Body Spirit Creative Vision Body Temperature Exceeding Expectations

Author:Denis Waitley

“Love does not terrify me. But the going away of it does. I have been made terribly aware of how everything can be wrenched away from you and your life torn apart. If I had known very secure nights all my life, if I had never seen or felt the fear of being tortured or deported or blown up into a million pieces, then I would not fear it.”

Ifs Doe Has Beens Made Night Felt Known Millions Pieces Secure Going Away Torn Away From You Torn Apart

Author:Audrey Hepburn

“What would be awful would be to die and look back miserably - seeing only the bad things, the opportunities missed, or what could have been.”

Looks Has Beens Would Be Dies Opportunity Seeing Awful Bad Things Could Have Been

Author:Audrey Hepburn

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