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Persons Quotes by Joseph Campbell
- I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into…
- I think a person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into…
- Marriage is not a love affair. A love affair has to do with immediate personal satisfaction. Marriage is an ordeal; it means yielding, time and…
- The usual marriage in traditional cultures was arranged for by the families. It wasn't a person-to-person decision at all. . . . In the Middle…
- Perfection isn't human. Human beings are not perfect. What evokes our love--and I mean love, not lust--is the imperfection of the human being. So, when…
- The call to adventure is the point in a person’s life when they are first given notice that everything is going to change, whether they…
- Both the artist and the lover know that perfection is not loveable. It is the clumsiness of a fault that makes a person lovable.
- We're not on our journey to save the world but to save ourselves. But in doing that you save the world. The influence of a…
- How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. You need…
- The big problem of any young person's life is to have models to suggest possibilities. Nietzsche says, 'Man is the sick animal.' Man is the…
- In marriage you are not sacrificing yourself to the other person. You are sacrificing yourself to the relationship.
- The usual hero adventure begins with someone from whom something has been taken, or who feels there is something lacking in the normal experience available…
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- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when… — Aristotle
- We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner… — Aristotle
- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
- I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it? — Richard Bach
- The first person to promulgate the Golden Rule, which was the bedrock of this empathic spirituality, was Confucius 500 years before Christ. — Karen Armstrong
- A boo is a lot louder than a cheer. If you have 10 people cheering and one person booing, all you hear… — Lance Armstrong
- As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch… — Darren Aronofsky
- I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and… — Darren Aronofsky
- No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important. — Mary Kay Ash