“If there is something that you have to do, resist the temptation to do it under duress. Ask yourself, "What's the worst thing that would happen if I didn't do this?" And if you can get away with not doing it at all, don't do it. And then imagine what would it feel like to have this done. Spend a day or two, if you can, just 15 minutes here, 5 minutes here, 2 minutes here, here and here, imagining it completed in a way that pleases you! And then, the next time you decide that you're going to take action about it, the action is going to be a whole lot easier.” IfsWayFeelsTwoDoneWholeHappensActionNextAsksImagineMinutesWorstEasierPleaseTemptationGet AwayNext TimeWorst ThingsCompletionCompletingDuress Author:Esther Hicks
“Opening a play is just tough. The idea that actors are weirdly protected from it is a myth. If you imagine yourself having to spend two and a bit hours cooking bolognaise, remembering a whole major work by David Hare and speaking it at the correct moment between chopping carrots and stirring the onions in front of an audience - the normal human response is 'Please, can I go to the airport?'” IfsHumansTwoIdeasPlayWholeMomentsRememberActorsBitsHoursAudienceImagineFrontsPleaseNormalMajorsToughCookingResponseMythOpeningProtectedAirportsStirringOnionsCarrotsHaresChopping Author:Bill Nighy
“The whole idea we have for their chastity is ridiculous. They would have to become numb and invisible to please us. I don't know whether the exploits of Alexander and Caesar really surpass the resolution of a beautiful young woman, bred up in the light and commerce of our society, who still keeps herself whole. There is no doing so hard as not doing.” KnowsStillsIdeasHardWholeLightBeautifulYoungPleaseRidiculousInvisibleOur SocietyResolutionCommerceYoung WomenExploitsNumbChastity Book:Autobiography: Comprising the Life of the Wisest Man of His Times ... Source: Autobiography: Comprising the Life of the Wisest Man of His Times ...
“Through me the energy policy of the whole Common Market is being held up. Without opening old wounds, it pleases me no end.” EndsWholeEnergyCommonPolicyPleaseWoundsOpeningPlease MeEnergy PolicyOld Wounds Author:Tony Benn
“It took the whole of Creation To produce my foot, my each feather: Now I hold Creation in my foot. Or fly up, and revolve it all slowly - I kill where I please because it is all mine. There is no sophistry in my body: My manners are tearing off heads - The allotment of death.” WholeBodyFeetCreationProduceMinesPleaseMannersFeathersSophistryAllotments Author:Ted Hughes
“Freedom does not mean doing what you can get away with, doing what you please. It means, instead, having the opportunity to do what you ought to do--for family, and for community, and for humanity as a whole.” MeanDoeWholeHumanityOpportunityCommunityOughtPleaseGet Away Author:Alan Keyes
“But please remember, that in 1991 in the Sejm [lower chamber of polish parliament] I didn't demand the abolishment of Special Economic Zones. I demanded the creation of a single Special Economic Zone - which would encompass the whole country!” CountryWholeRememberEconomicSpecialCreationPleaseDemandZoneParliamentChamberPolish Author:Janusz Korwin-Mikke
“North Korea is willing to go to any lengths for the whole world to honor its demands of 'Ooh, please pay attention to us.'” WorldWholePayAttentionWillingHonorPleaseDemandWhole WorldPay AttentionLengthKoreaNorth Korea Author:Stephen Colbert
“It should stimulate the mind as well as the appetite. The well made cocktail is one of the most gracious of drinks. It pleases the senses. The shared delight of those who partake in common of this refreshing nectar breaks the ice of formal reserve. Taut nerves relax, taut muscles relax, tired eyes brighten, tongues loosen, friendships deepen, the whole world becomes a better place in which to live.” WorldShouldMindWellsMadeWholeEyeCommonBreakDrinkPleaseTiredDelightTongueSensesWhole WorldIceMusclesRelaxNervesAppetiteReservesFormalBetter PlaceGraciousCocktailsRefreshingNectarTired Eyes Author:David A. Embury