A Quotes
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“As my ancestors are free from slavery, I am free from the slavery of religion.”
“As my awareness increases, my control over my own being increases.”
“As my body lay dead on that stretcher (he later recovered from being struck by lightning attracted by his cell phone), I was reliving every moment of my life, including my emotions, attitudes, and motivations. The depth of emotion I experienced during this life review was astonishing. Not only could I feel the way both I and the other person had felt when an incident took place, I could also feel the feelings of the next person they reacted to. I was in a chain reaction of emotion, one that showed how deeply we affect one another.”
“As my Buddhist teachers have shown me, wisdom emerges in the space around words as much as from language itself.”
Source: Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart: A Buddhist Perspective on Wholeness
“As my cab rolled up to the front of the magnificent white colonial building with black shutters, I couldn’t help but notice the beautiful setting. The grass was perfectly cut, leaving perfectly aligned traces of the mower’s blades. The landscaping was immaculate, with freshly planted seasonal flowers artistically clustered about. It had tan and brown tiles on the walkway around the building and looked impressive, as a wide path led up to the front door. The large American flag flying from a tall flagpole, and the emblem identifying the building as a United States Consulate, left little doubt but that I had arrived at the right place.
There were no guards, and when I entered the building from the bright sunshine, my eyes had difficulty focusing. I could barely make out the reception desk on the other side of the lobby. Knowingly, a beautiful olive-skinned, dark-haired girl sat there laughing. Once my eyes adjusted, her laughter turned into a delightful, fetching smile. I didn’t know what to expect when she greeted me, but I noticed that she spoke English with a French accent. Wasn’t this a little piece of the United States? Her accent threw me, but I was cool about it and pretended not to notice. “Hi,” I said. “I’m here to get some...”
“As my career has progressed, I've had the pleasure of playing with the baddest jazz cats on the planet. But that doesn't change my desire to entertain folks. That's really who I am.”
“As my cat would say, all hours are good for sleeping.”
“As my colleague, the physical chemist Peter Atkins, puts it, we must be equally agnostic about the theory that there is a teapot in orbrit around the planet Pluto. We can't disprove it. But that doesn't mean the theory that there is a teapot is on level terms with the theory that there isn't.”
“As my contribution as an artist and a storyteller, I have to have some hope. I have to have some beacon of good at the end of it.”
“As my dad said, you have an obligation to leave the world better than how you found it. And he also reminded us to be givers in this life, and not takers.”
“As my daddy would say, time to start the killin”
Source: Bite Me
“As my doctor said, eventually your eyes do start to give out on you if you're not taking care of them.”
“As my early drawings warned me, where humans go, lions and tidal waves follow.”
“As my editor had no desire to frighten readers with the Romanian pages, he had them translated and published the whole thing in French in 1984. It was only years later, in Romania, that I was able to publish the book as I wrote it.”
“As my energy changed and felt so much more free, open and exciting, new stuff started showing up. It became addictive — circulating energy. I stopped wearing my workout clothes every damn day. Working from home has its perks, but I was just dressing by default. There I was with a wardrobe full of clothes, yet I was wearing the same yoga pants, Jeaniius Tee, and hair scrunchie top knot every damn day. Time to wear the clothes I'd never worn, just because! I felt refreshed. Paying more attention to my clothes led to something else that shifted my energy level. I have always given away my clothes in bundles, because I just love the feeling of minimalism (and giving) but I was reaching a whole new level. I realized that every single thing in my home had its own energy-even my clothes. So if there was something sitting around that was not getting used or giving me any joy or excitement, it was time for it to go. I felt I had space for so many surprises to show up, and of course, they did.”
Source: Earth is Hiring: The New way to live, lead, earn and give for millennials and anyone who gives a sh*t
“As my exciting story began I was being punched in the stomach.”
“As my family and I have worked through the grieving process, I've said all along ... that it may very well be that that process, by the time we get through, it, closes the window on mounting a realistic campaign for president that it might close.”
“As my family story shows, Latinos have been a blessing for USA for many generations. The future of America depends in part on the success of the Latino community, and this opportunity is just one more signifier of that.”
“As my father [Javāharlāl Nehrū] said, you have to keep an open mind, but you have to pour something into it - otherwise ideas slip away like sand between your fingers.”
“As my father always said, ‘sexism is a modern concept’.”
Source: The Ultimate Religion
“As my father always used to tell me, 'You see, son, there's always someone in the world worse off than you.' And I always used to think, 'So?”
“As my father likes to say, “Don’t tell people your problems. Fifty percent don’t care, twenty percent do, and the rest are glad it’s happening to you.”
Source: Painting Can Save Your Life: How and Why We Paint
“As my father talked, tears dripped down the side of his face like candle wax. The sight shocked me; until that moment, I had assumed men were as incapable of crying as they were of having babies.”
Source: She’s Come Undone
“As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living that which makes you happy.”
“As my father would have said, I went through the college of hard knocks.”
“As my father wrote, one's courage, hope, and spirit can be severely tried by the happenstance of life. But as I learned on this Virginia mountain, so long as one never loses faith, it is impossible to ever truly be alone.”
Source: Wish You Well
“As my father-in-law once said, when they talk about taxes it's always for teachers, firemen, and police - but when they spend your taxes, it always seems to go to some guy in a leather chair downtown you never heard of.”
“As my films are born at the moment when they are reflected into another person's mind and memories, there are no misconceptions. I totally accept that different people have seen a different film.”
“As my fingers began to dance across the keys, each stroke felt like a heartbeat, echoing in the otherwise silent room. “The Last Snowfall” in bold font stared back at me. It seemed fitting, a tribute to the endings and beginnings that had shaped my life”
Source: The Last Snowfall
“As my friend George Oppen once said to me about getting old: what a strange thing to happen to a little boy.”
Source: Collected Prose: Autobiographical Writings, True Stories, Critical Essays, Prefaces, Collaborations with Artists, and Interviews
“As my friend Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe has argued persuasively, there is an element of positivity in the visible world, and in color particularly, that totally eludes the historicity of language, with its protocols of absence and polarity. The color red, as an attribute of the world, is always there. It is something other than the absence of yellow and blue--and, thus, when that red becomes less red, it becomes more one or the other. It never exists in a linguistic condition of degradation or excess that must necessarily derive from our expectations.”
“As my friend said that when people say the church is full of hypocrites, he says we always have room for more.”
“As my future crumbled before my eyes, I grasped for the rope. My entire life's struggle was ending here, in plain view of my enemies. How was it possible? Had had I let things come to this?”
Source: No Place to Hide: How I Put the Black in the Union Jack
“As my gaze sank into
the majestic marble mausoleum,
a chill breeze, rebounding off pale stone walls,
swept past and brushed my spirit;
Mumtaz’s trembling spirit entered me,
achingly knocking upon my soul.”
“As my good friend Al Capp told me a few years ago, the best thing to do with a confirmed [hotel] reservation slip when you have no room is to spread it out on the sidewalk in front of the hotel and go to sleep on it. You'll either embarrass the hotel into giving you a room or you'll be hauled off to the local jug, where at least you'll have a roof over your head.”
“As my great friend Aristotle said, 'If you cannot command, you must learn to listen.' I'm not the hierarchy here. I am a worker bee.”
“As my guests leave even my most simple parties, I consistently hear the same thing: 'That was the best time I ever had,' and it's always me saying it. But I do know in my heart they all feel the same way, probably.”
“As my heart begins to return to normal, I look down at -- and feel such an intense rush of love and relief it takes my breath away. "I will never let you put of my sight again," I promise --”
Source: Watching Edie
“As my I guess, career's advancing, for lack of a better word, I'm becoming a lot more passionate for the jobs that I do. So, it becomes easier when you like what you do.”
“As my journey continues, I leave nothing good behind. I carry it all with me.”
Source: My Quarter-of-a-Century Life Lessons:Building a Foundation for Success
“As my kid gets a little bit older, if I feel like I have a little bit more time on my hands, I'd like to get more into developing ideas and writing things.”
“As my lama always told me, I learned that I practice better when I'm by myself.”
“As my late mother famously observed, the one thing to be said for growing old is that every year there are a few more things I don’t have to give a rat’s ass about.”
“As my laughter faded, he shot me an amused glance. "You should laugh more often. It's far less nauseating than your speaking voice."
"That may be the nicest thing you've ever said to me."
"Don't let it go to your head.”
Source: Conspiracy Boy
“As my library of podcast interviews was growing, I realized I had more to say about the common threads and insights I had gained into how chefs think, their methodologies, and their inspirations. Combined with my own experiences in the food industry, it was clear I had a story to tell. The result is my book, Conversations Behind the Kitchen Door. Whether you’re a professional in the industry or just a dedicated food enthusiast, I’m confident you’ll enjoy reading it.”
Source: Conversations Behind the Kitchen Door: 50 American Chefs Chart Today’s Food Culture
“As my life changed in that non-descript doctor’s office, everything around me remained the same. It was as if everyone around me was living in color, and somehow, my world had turned black and white.”
“As my life went on and I met Frank Sinatra and people like that, and I watched live performers on stage, I learned how to tell a story. Because if you listen to Sinatra, all of his songs are stories; there's a beginning, middle, and end. So that's where it comes from.”
“As my Lord says, my Lord's leg is not a side of beef. Thank you, my Lord, for instructing me.”
Source: Lord of Chaos: Book Six of 'The Wheel of Time'
“As my love for myself and the universe continues to
Grow, my face and my skin continues to become more
and more Radiantly Beautiful”
Source: Affirmations for Glowing skin
“As my meditative experiences grew, I had wonderful relationships. I met the most wonderful women, who meditated and shared certain understandings that I had.”