O Quotes
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“Once you become an immigrant, the first thing that is taken from you is the opportunity to talk about politics and to talk about yourself as a political being.”
“Once you become an owner of a team, you get so much more into the sport and you can't help it. So I really love NFL football now to the degree of following it much more than I did previously.”
“Once you become aware of what means the most to you, you're less likely to put off something that's really valuable for something that matters much less... it's knowing the difference between what's important and what isn't that allows us to solve problems effectively.”
Source: Getting Unstuck: 8 Simple Steps to Solving Any Problem
“Once you become aware of what stands in your way and become willing to release it, you signal the universe that you are ready to manifest the life you were meant to live.”
“Once you become aware of your impending death, you have to make a compromise in accepting the loss of the life you wish you could have led and the reality of your imminent death. Sure, there will always be regrets and broken dreams, but you have to go easy on yourself. Over the last few days, I’ve come to realise that there is certain beauty in those regrets, they are proof of having lived. Maybe I will regrets some of my decisions when the moment comes, but that’s ok, No matter how you slice it, life is full of regrets anyway.
I was never able to be myself completely or live my life exactly how I wanted to, I am not even sure if I ever figure out what exactly being myself and living out my dreams really meant. So I guess I am going to die with all those failures and regrets, all those unfulfilled dreams, all the people I’ve never met, all the things I’ve never tasted and all the places I’ve never been. I am taking all that with me to my grave, and I am ok with that. In the end, I am satisfied with who I am and the life I’ve lived, I am just happy to have been here at all.”
Source: 世界から猫が消えたなら [Sekai kara Neko ga Kietanara]
“Once you become aware of your own body and its movements, you will be surprised that you are not your body. This is something of a basic principle, that if you can watch something then you are not it. You are the watcher, not the watched. You are the observer, not the observed. How can you be both?”
“Once you become aware that the main business that you are here for is to know God, most of life's problems fall into place of their own accord.”
“Once you become aware that the main business that you are here for is to know God, most of life's problems fall into place of their own accord. J.I. Packer
Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you will get neither.”
“Once you become bold enough to ask for what you want, you have arrived at a level where superficial doors will begin to open for you.”
“Once you become complacent and once you're happy with your performance or whatever it is, I don't think you'll get better as quickly.”
“Once you become conscious of the spiritual war against humanity, their quest to kill off your soul and dim your light will all make sense.”
“Once you become dedicated to a cause, personal security is not the goal. What will happen to you personally does not matter. My cause, my race, is worth dying for.”
“Once you become delivered, you have to find your calling and how to discover God’s purpose for your life”
“Once you become famous, being single becomes a liability.”
“Once you become famous, there is nothing left but to become infamous.”
“Once you become fearless, life becomes limitless.”
“Once you become more and more watchful of your inner workings things become simple. Then a few things have to be dropped. One has not to be jealous if one wants to be loving. It becomes so clear that there is no question about it; one can simply see the point that if you are jealous, love is impossible. Jealousy is bound to create misery. Jealousy is part of ego, the shadow of the ego, the shadow of a shadow - and love needs egolessness. They can't go together, they can't co-exist.”
“Once you become predictable, no one's interested anymore.”
“Once you become self-conscious, there is no end to it; once you start to doubt, there is no room for anything else.”
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
“Once you become selfish in selflessness, then all the petty selfishness will vanish from our world.”
Source: Mad About Humans: World Maker's Almanac
“Once you become somebody, that don't mean you distance yourself from people. There is no such thing as no one can walk the streets or go outside. That I will never believe. There might be some fanfare. There might be some paparazzi, but you can control that. All you have to do is maintain the person you were before that when you would tell someone to back up or get out of my way or just stop and address people. Give them what they want. Have a smile, kick a few lyrics, and be out.”
“Once you become successful, people know where you live, the type of house you live in, the kind of car you drive, the clothes you wear, and so it would be patronising to go and talk like a welder. Welding's a mystery to me now. You can't go back, your life changes every day.”
“Once you become tagged as anything, it becomes difficult to shake it, because the less imaginative people in the business want you to do what worked for the last guy. That's always been something I've had to deal with.”
“Once you become the mommy or daddy in your child's world, it is the only world in which you exist, no matter how much you fancy there is a separate world of your own.”
“Once you become the story off-screen, you are less likely to be the onscreen one.”
“Once you become very powerful and advanced, you must be willing to go back to school and start over, and go to a wise person who will show you the way. Very few people are willing to do that.”
“Once you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.”
“Once you begin being naughty, it is easier to go and on and on, and sooner or later something dreadful happens.”
Source: The little house treasury
“Once you begin deliberating about where your fingers are jumping on the piano keyboard, you can no longer pull off the piece.”
Source: Incognito: The Secret Lives of The Brain
“Once you begin reviewing judgment calls, which in basketball there are many, you put yourself on a very slippery slope in terms of what could be reviewed, and ultimately the number of reviews that could take place that would make it unwieldy.”
“Once you begin the journey toward a life of purpose, you enter the realm of real magic.”
Source: Real Magic: Creating Miracles in Everyday Life
“Once you begin to acknowledge random acts of kindness-both the ones you have received and the ones you have given - you can no longer believe that what you do does not matter.”
“Once you begin to dream, you can’t be in peace without walking towards it.”
“Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to indulge in the perilous mythology of race.”
Source: James Earl Jones: Voices and Silences
“Once you begin to fall off the track and believe you breathe different air to everyone else, you're doomed; you're finished.”
“Once you begin to take yourself seriously as a leader or as a follower, as a modern or as a conservative, then you become a self-conscious, biting, and scratching little animal whose work is not of the slightest value or importance to anybody.”
Source: The Essays of Virginia Woolf: 1929-1932
“Once you begin to talk about wealth inequality, especially as it relates to corporations and big banks, or engage in an indictment of U.S. foreign policy, you are really getting at the center of a society that is very fearful of that kind of critique.”
“Once you begin to understand and truly master your thoughts and feelings, that's when you see how you create your own reality.”
“Once you begin to understand and truly master your thoughts and feelings, that's when you see how you create your own reality. That's where your freedom is, that's where all your power is. That's when you see how you can become a deliberate creator of your life. And when you are a deliberate creator of your life, and you use this law of attraction, you will have a life that is beyond what you can possibly imagine right now.”
“Once you believe a lie to be the truth, you are now in the rather unfavorable position of having to change every truth that you encounter in order to support the lie that you now believe. And given the wildly proliferating progression that now ensues due to the fact that you must do this for every lie that you create, it becomes exceedingly apparent why the truth might be painful, but why it’s a whole lot easier.”
“Once you believe in who you are and who you were born to be, it can be very powerful.”
“Once you believe in yourself and see your soul as divine and precious, you'll automatically be converted to a being who can create miracles.”
“Once you believe in yourself, You will never feel powerless.”
“Once you believe that god is not a private property of anybody, you are on your way to becoming a new messiah. Maybe your own if not the world's”
Source: Pearls Of Eternity
“Once you believe that God is speaking directly to you, there is no discussion.”
“Once you “believe” that you can do it and do take the first step forward, stop doubting yourself.”
“Once you believe that you can do something, there is not a single person in the universe who can convince you otherwise.”
“Once you best a man, never gloat. Be generous and find something in his actions to praise. He won't enjoy being bested but he'll make a good face about it. Show him you appreciate it. Praise can win you a friend. Gloating will only ever make enemies.”
“Once you bid farewell to discipline you say goodbye to success”
Source: Leading: Lessons in leadership from the legendary Manchester United manager
“Once you break into the godlike unity of the appreciator you find a microcosm of which the theatre is the macrocosm; the mind is complex and ill-connected like an audience, and it is as surprising in the one case as the other that a sort of unity can be produced by a play.”
Source: Some Versions of Pastoral