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Keep Quotes by Anne Lamott
- Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor; the enemy of the people. It will keep you insane your whole life.
- It helps to resign as the controller of your fate. All that energy we expend to keep things running right is not what's keeping things…
- Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life Besides, perfectionism will…
- All these people keep waxing sentimental about how fabulously well I am doing as a mother, how competent I am, but I feel inside like…
- Any plot you impose on your characters will be onomatopoetic: PLOT. I say don't worry about plot. Worry about the characters. Let what they say…
- You just have to keep getting out of your own way so that whatever it is that wants to be written can use you to…
- You have to keep taking the next necessary stitch, and the next one, and the next. Without stitches, you just have rags. And we are…
- Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is…
- If you don't believe in God, it may help to remember this great line of Geneen Roth's: that awareness is learning to keep yourself company.…
- It feels like I'm babysitting in the Twilight Zone. I keep waiting for the parents to show up because we are out of chips and…
- Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back. You're done. It doesn't necessarily mean that you want to have lunch with the person.…
- Try looking at your mind as a wayward puppy that you are trying to paper train. You don't drop-kick a puppy into the neighbor's yard…
- I guess he'll have to figure out someday that he is supposed to have this dark side, that it is part of what it means…
- Now. Maybe you think it is arrogant or self centered, or ridiculous for me to believe that God bothered to wiggle a cheap bolt out…
- Lies cannot nourish or protect you. Only freedom from fear, freedom from lies, can make us beautiful, and keep us safe.
- It's incredibly touching when someone who seems so hopeless finds a few inches of light to stand in and makes everything work as well as…
More Keep Quotes
- Most important thing in life is to keep moving irrespective of the facts that you r hurt u r broken or betrayed… — Anurag Prakash Ray
- Dreams are what keep us going when real life lets us down. — Nishan Panwar
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- You looked into my eyes and whispered that you wanted to be with me, all my heart wanted to do was say… — Superman
- I used too be the girl that would be soo happy to walk into the classroom and say'guess who just walked in… — Jasmine
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading. — David Bailey
- Meditation means: remain as relaxed as you are in deep sleep and yet alert. Keep awareness there; let thoughts disappear but awareness… — Rajneesh