"We are, in a certain way, defined as……" — Rachel Naomi Remen
"We are, in a certain way, defined as much by our potential as by its expression. There is a great difference between an acorn and a little bit of wood carved into an acorn shape, a difference not always readily apparent to the naked eye. The difference is there even if the acorn never has the opportunity to plant itself and become an oak. Remembering its potential changes the way in which we think of the acorn and react to it. How we value it. If an acorn were conscious, knowing its potential would change the way that it might think and feel about itself."
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97 Quotes by Rachel Naomi Remen
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Acorns were good until bread was found.
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The night I filled an inside straight: Even a blind hog's gonna root up an acorn once in a while.
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