"If I dismiss the ordinary—waiting for the special,……" — Dani Shapiro
"If I dismiss the ordinary—waiting for the special, the extreme, the extraordinary to happen—I may just miss my life."
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55 Quotes by Dani Shapiro
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I try to remember that the job - as well as the plight, and the unexpected joy - of the…
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I don't know why this is, but I really believe that things don't happen when we're trying to will them…
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With tremendous clarity and wisdom, Daniel Tomasulo has crafted a memoir at once heartbreaking and uplifting. Layers of time and…
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It is only with distance that we are able to turn our powers of observation on ourselves, thus fashioning stories…
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Recognize the possibility of the divine in any given moment.
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Courage is more important than confidence
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You can start your day over anytime.
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Everything you need to know about life can be learned from a genuine and ongoing attempt to write
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Writing well involves walking the path of most resistance. Sitting still, being patient, allowing the lunatic dream to take shape…
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In the country, I stopped being a person who, in the words of Sylvia Boorstein, startles easily. I grew calmer,…
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We are tyrannized by our options.
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There’s a great expression in Twelve Step programs: Act as if. Act as if you’re a writer. Sit down and…
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More Dismiss Quotes
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We try to exile ourselves more and more from nature - not always consciously: We build houses; we dismiss nature;…
— Diane Ackerman
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Some men are deeply likable but have attitudes I don't like. Does that mean I should completely dismiss them? It's…
— Jo Brand
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Knowledge is power. Most of us agree that something has to be done to strengthen Social Security, and I believe…
— Conrad Burns
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Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody…
— Stokely Carmichael
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Class, race, sexuality, gender and all other categories by which we categorize and dismiss each other need to be excavated…
— Dorothy Allison
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In an age when nations and individuals routinely exchange murder for murder, when the healing grace of authentic spirituality is…
— Aberjhani
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People are the common denominator of progress. So... no improvement is possible with unimproved people, and advance is certain when…
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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On street corners everywhere, people are looking at their cell phones, and it's easy to dismiss this as some sort…
— Ze Frank
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If I have played my part well, clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage.
— Augustus
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A wider of more altruistic attitude is very relevant in today's world. If we look at the situation from various…
— Dalai Lama
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If Christ did not want to dismiss the Jews without food in the desert for fear that they would collapse…
— St. Jerome
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Don't simply dismiss a coincidence and let it drift away. Life is totally interconnected. These unusual 'things' are simply connections…
— Deepak Chopra
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