934 private quotes tagged experience

“Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.” — John Ruskin

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“Orlando's a really cool guy. They hired him for 'Lord of the Rings' out of drama school. He's very new at this still and doesn't have a lot of experience. So we were in this together and we've tried to help each other out. We felt very equal which was good.” — Diane Kruger

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“People of art should never get married and have children, because it's a selfish experience.” — Mikhail Baryshnikov

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“The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.” — Alice Walker

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“I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences... I'm human, not perfect, like anybody else.” — Queen Latifah

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“I just hope that theaters remain. I think there's something very wonderful about getting into a dark room with a bunch of people. There's something cool about that. Brings us all together in one room where we can experience all those emotions.” — Jeff Bridges

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“The essence of life is finding something you really love and then making the daily experience worthwhile.” — Denis Waitley

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“Deep experience is never peaceful.” — Henry James

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“To be in a situation where you have no rights whatsoever is something I wish everybody could experience. People's attitudes would change. It would be a better place.” — Tommy Chong

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“Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.” — Charlie Parker

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“Throughout my whole life, as a performer, I've never played with a band. I've always played alone, so I was never required to stay in rhythm or anything. So it was a real different experience for me to start playing with a band. There were so many basic things for me to learn.” — Steve Martin

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“Many women my age have known the experience of giving up crucial parts of themselves to please the man they love.” — Joyce Maynard

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“The great book for you is the book that has the most to say to you at the moment when you are reading. I do not mean the book that is most instructive, but the book that feeds your spirit. And that depends on your age, your experience, your psychological and spiritual need.” — Robertson Davies

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“Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali.” — Salvador Dali

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“If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.” — Emil Zatopek

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“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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“If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.” — Joseph Addison

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“I know from personal experience how damaging it can be to live with bitterness and unforgiveness. I like to say it's like taking poison and hoping your enemy will die. And it really is that harmful to us to live this way.” — Joyce Meyer

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“If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.” — William James

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“The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and bearing.” — Rainer Maria Rilke

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“'Pure experience' is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes the material to our later reflection with its conceptual categories.” — William James

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“I deepen my experience of God through prayer, meditation, and forgiveness.” — Marianne Williamson

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“I think it's been hard for people to understand how Islam can be a good religion, and yet the Islamists are evil. Those of us who have had experience with Islam understand this, just as we understand the difference between snake handlers and people going to church on Sunday morning.” — P. J. O'Rourke

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“I just go where my heart tells me, where my gut tells me to go, where I'm enjoying my life the most, where I feel like I can have the most success. I've truly enjoyed my experience in NASCAR, to the point that I want to do it full time.” — Danica Patrick

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“Every moment is an experience.” — Jake Roberts

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