Confused Quotes - Page 40

• Let us candidly confess our indebtedness to the needle. How many hours of sorrow has it softened, how many bitter irritations calmed, how many confused thoughts reduced to order, how many life-plans sketched in purple!

  Caroline Wells Healey Dall

  Irritation, Order, Purple

  Caroline Wells Healey Dall (1868). “The College, the Market, and the Court: Or Woman's Relation to Education, Labor, and Law”, p.9

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• No matter how confused or deluded we may be at the moment, the underlying and essential nature of our being is clear and pure

  Thubten Yeshe

  Nature, Essentials, May

  Thubten Yeshe (2005). “Introduction to Tantra: The Transformation of Desire”, p.14, Simon and Schuster

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• Our normal tendency is to feel dissatisfied and to criticize our body, speech, and mind - My body is out of shape; my voice is unpleasant; my mind is confused. - We are so caught up in this pointless, neurotic habit of criticism that we disparage others as well as ourselves. This is extremely damaging.

  Thubten Yeshe

  Voice, Mind, Criticism

  Thubten Yeshe (2005). “Introduction to Tantra: The Transformation of Desire”, p.116, Simon and Schuster

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• Nearly all spiritual practices are based on attention. In fact, whenever you think you have lost the path, or whenever you feel confused by esoteric terminology or technique, remember that all these techniques or teachings are various ways to help you learn to pay attention.

  Rick Fields

  Spiritual, Teaching, Thinking

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• It is no solution to define words as violence or prejudice as oppression, and then by cracking down on words or thoughts pretend that we are doing something about violence and oppression. No doubt it is easier to pass a speech code or hate-crimes law and proclaim the streets safer than actually to make the streets safer, but the one must never be confused with the other... Indeed, equating "verbal violence" with physical violence is a treacherous, mischievous business.

  Jonathan Rauch

  Hate, Law, Doubt

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• Donald Trump's not backing down. Yesterday he said he doesn't need to be lectured by the other Republican candidates, who he says have no business running for president. Not to be confused with Donald Trump, who ran for president and now has no business.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Running, Yesterday, President

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• In a recent interview, John McCain addressed Trump's campaign rally in Arizona and said that he just quote, 'fired up the crazies.' Not to be confused with Trump's show 'Celebrity Apprentice,' where he just FIRED the crazies.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Campaigns, Arizona, Interviews

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• A lot of people are confused about the difference between the soul and the spirit. Basically the spirit is the envelop that protects the soul from harm. If the spirit is relatively healthy, the soul will be too.

  Elena Avila

  Differences, People, Healthy

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• The notion that the colonel need be a better man than the private is as confused as the notion that the keystone need be stronger than the coping stone.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Men, Stronger, Needs

  GEORGE BERNARD SHAW (1960). “PLAYS”

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• I don't want anybody to be confused that the issue of police and community is one part of a broader set of issues. Our children need to be properly educated. They need to be trained so that they can get jobs and be functional.

  Elijah Cummings

  Jobs, Children, Issues

  "Freddie Gray homicide reaction: Baltimore cheers, weeps" by John Blake, Michael Martinez, www.cnn.com. May 2, 2015.

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• We are all human beings, immigrant or non-immigrant. We all feel fear. We all love and become confused when we don't act as well as we would like to. We all get depressed and have feelings of uselessness. All of these things are true and have always been true.

  Akhil

  Feelings, Wells, Feels

  "This Week in Fiction: Akhil Sharma". Interview with Deborah Treisman, www.newyorker.com. January 10, 2014.

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• When I've lost my way or when I am confused about a path to take, I remember that most answers I need I already possess - deep inside. I am naturally creative, resourceful and whole. If I consult my invisible compass, I'll know what to do.

  Steve Goodier

  Creative, Needs, Answers

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• It's not something that I can put on and take off anymore, like I said, I've had my years of confusion and wondering who I really (was) and why and how do I live my life and make sense of it all, but I'm not confused about that any longer. I think the world might be -- but I'm not.

  Rachel Dolezal

  Life, Thinking, Years

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• I was interested in [Hunter S. Thompson novels]. The rebel in me fell in love with it, and the artist in me was confused by it, and interested and turned on. Ever since, his work has meant different things to me, at different times, and I still get new meaning out of it and appreciate it, in a different way. His work is very visceral, and you can take from it what you want, in various moments of your life.

  Amber Heard

  Artist, Appreciate, Rebel

  "Amber Heard the Rum Diary Interview". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 27, 2011.

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• People tend to remember their dreams in the morning a little bit better and if earlier in the night, when you're in a lot of deep sleep, if someone wakes you, or the phone rings or something, you're really confused.

  Shelby Harris

  Dream, Morning, Sleep

  Big Think Interview, bigthink.com.

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• I'm praying for Barack Obama to stay on the tightrope because I want to fight his right-wing critics. I want to down I want to ensure they don't lie about him. I'm sure they don't demonize him, and too much of that is going on. So I don't want my critiques to be in any way confused with the right-wing critiques, even though I'll fight for the right wing to be wrong in that regard.

  Cornel West

  Lying, Fighting, Wings

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• Everyone's going to have a better time if I'm not confused on stage about who I am.

  Martina Sorbara

  Who I Am, Stage, Ifs

  Source: www.elle.com

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• When enlightened people are so poor that they cannot help others, if they speak a word to awaken the confused or to resolve a problem, there is also boundless merit in that.

  Zicheng Hong

  Helping Others, People, Taoism

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• Those who act on excitement act intermittently; this is hardly the way to avoid regression. Those whose understanding comes from emotional perceptions are as confused as they are enlightened; this is not a lamp that is constantly bright.

  Zicheng Hong

  Emotional, Understanding, Perception

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• I live in New York City, where, if you're in a movie at a popular independent theater, you think you're king of the world, because you're in a bubble. So there's no way for me to properly conceive of the attention that the movie gets in a way that doesn't make me confused.

  Jesse Eisenberg

  Kings, New York, Independent

  "Jesse Eisenberg explains why he hates watching his own movies". Interview with Jason Guerrasio, www.businessinsider.com. March 31, 2016.

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• The house as I say ... smelled of brisket and bourbon, so you could hear that. I started imitating them. Phrases came out of that, "Can't you dig that?" "I knew that you would." We were at [Passover] Seders and they were confused with the bitter herbs, "Do we smoke these or do we do we dip them in salt water?" "We dip them in salt water, well that's gonna kill the vibrancy of the weed, you know." So that's what I was around. So I would imitate them. That's where it all started.

  Billy Crystal

  Weed, Water, House

  "Billy Crystal Finds Fun In Growing Old (But Still Can't Find His Keys)". "Fresh Air", www.npr.org. October 17, 2013.

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• I grew up in Louisiana and I think people get it confused. They assume that I lived in California or that's where I'm from. I worked there, but I didn't live there.

  Jamie Lynn Spears

  Thinking, California, People

  "Jamie Lynn Spears Is All Grown Up and Taking the Country Music Scene by Storm". Interview with Popsugar, www.popsugar.com. June 23, 2016.

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• I want to be a hybrid fighter. From Pacquiao I was able to learn that a big heart is also essential when in the ring. Get his stamina, never lose steam from the beginning of the fight until the very last round. From Mayweather, yes, you are correct that I am learning to be precise, patient and the change of range. It makes me an unpredictable fighter. Opponents will be confused as to what element I'll use when fighting.

  Tomoki Kameda

  Heart, Fighting, Essentials

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

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• Unfurl your brow. So many people walk around stressed, or upset, or confused, and they make that face, where they scrunch their brow. Just recognizing that your face is clenched and unfurling your brow will instantly make you feel more relaxed.

  Asher Roth

  People, Upset, Stressed

  "Interview with Asher Roth: Swim Naked and Don't Sweat the Small Stuff". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• The charismatics confused the holy liturgy with a school of samba, but than I was converted when I got to know them better and saw the good they do.

  Pope Francis

  School, Saws, Holy

  Source: www.bostonglobe.com

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