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Something Quotes by Anne Lamott
- The last song was so deep and raw and pure that I could not escape. It was as if the people were singing in between…
- To be engrossed by something outside ourselves is a powerful antidote for the rational mind, the mind that so frequently has its head up its…
- Get to know your characters as well as you can let there be something at stake, and then let the chips fall where they may.
- When we agree to being part of something bigger than our own wired, fixated minds, we are saved.
- You are going to have to give and give and give, or there's no reason for you to be writing. You have to give from…
- I do not know much about God and prayer, but I have come to believe over the last twenty-five years, that there's something to be…
- When we search for something larger than our own selves to hook into, we can come through whatever life throws at us.
- My parents, and librarians along the way, taught me about the space between words; about the margins, where so many juicy moments of life and…
- I don't want something special. I want something beautifully plain.
- 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.…
- The problem is acceptance, which is something we're taught not to do. We're taught to improve uncomfortable situations, to change things, alleviate unpleasant feelings. But…
- I have a lot of faith. But I am also afraid a lot, and have no real certainty about anything. I remembered something Father Tom…
- I was usually filled with a sense of something like shame until I'd remember that wonderful line of Blake's- that we are here to learn…
- I kept asking God for help, and after a while I realized something -- that Josh was not enjoying this either. He was just trying…
- If something inside of you is real, we will probably find it interesting, and it will probably be universal. So you must risk placing real…
- Perfectionism means that you try desperately not to leave so much mess to clean up. But clutter and mess show us that life is being…
- When God is going to do something wonderful, He or She always starts with a hardship; when God is going to do something amazing, He…
- It turned out this man worked for the Dalai Lama. And she said gently-that they believe when a lot of things start going wrong all…
- Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Start by getting something—anything—down on paper. What I’ve learned to do…
- There is something so tender about this to me, about being willing to have your makeup wash off, your eyes tear up, your nose start…
More Something Quotes
- Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. — Aristotle
- In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. — Aristotle
- Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals,… — Aristotle
- People always follow the crowd. Be brave, Dare to do something different. Let the crowd follow you. Instead you follow them. — Anurag Prakash Ray
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes