Effortless Quotes

• Fred Astaire is my hero. I love him because he was willing to kill himself to make his art look effortless. And because he proved it's possible to be an artist and a good person.

  Connie Willis

  Love, Art, Hero

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• The strips are nearly effortless unless I am really emotionally upset, a wreck.

  Lynda Barry

  Upset, Wrecks, Emotional Wreck

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• I really loved what the guys were doing more than anything, how high they jumped, how effortless it was.

  Peggy Fleming

  Sports, Guy

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• It's hard work to make a four-minute program look effortless and elegant.

  Katarina Witt

  Running, Work, Looks

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• Macrame is effortless.

  Catherine Malandrino

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• Love is effortless attention.

  Guy Finley

  Love, Love Is, Attention

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• L'Oreal's slogan 'because you're worth it' has come to epitomise banal narcissism of early 21st century capitalism; easy indulgence and effortless self-love all available at a flick of the credit card.

  Geoff Mulgan

  Self, Cards, Credit

  "Because you're worth it" by Geoff Mulgan, www.theguardian.com. June 12, 2006.

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• Once you realize how effortless the highest way of life is, it takes tremendous effort to assume the opposite.

  Lester Levenson

  Opposites, Effort, Way

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• Looking effortless takes a lot of effort.

  Alexa Chung

  Effort

  Alexa Chung (2014). “It”, p.69, Penguin UK

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• If you’re not someone who has a natural and effortless love for yourself, it’s hard to let go of your desire to please other people, and that’s really not an ingredient for a happy life.

  Anne Hathaway

  Letting Go, Happy Life, People

  "Anne Hathaway to Neil Patrick Harris: "Do the Opposite of What I Did" at the Oscars" by Lorena O'Neil, www.hollywoodreporter.com. January 6, 2015.

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• Good writing is the hardest form of thinking. It involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into lucid form, then forcing them into the tight-fitting uniform of language, making them visible and clear. If the writing is good, then the result seems effortless and inevitable. But when you want to say something life-changing or ineffable in a single sentence, you face both the limitations of the sentence itself and the extent of your own talent.

  Pat Conroy

  Life Changing, Writing, Thinking

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• To me, what's sexy is when you look like you're having a good time. That, and when you look effortless and have messy hair.

  Kate Upton

  Sexy, Hair, Looks

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• My idea of beauty is somebody that doesn't have to try too much, someone who is effortless and fresh.

  Jessica Ennis

  Ideas, Trying, Too Much

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The essential and defining characteristic of childhood is not the effortless merging of dream and reality, but only alienation. There are no words for childhood's dark turns and exhalations. A wise child recognizes it and submits to the necessary consequences. A child who counts the cost is a child no longer.

  Stephen King

  Wise, Dream, Children

  Stephen King (2008). “'Salem's Lot”, p.449, Anchor

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• Self-realization is effortless. What you are trying to find is what you already are.

  Ramesh S Balsekar

  Self, Trying, Realization

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• Real change happens bit by bit. It takes great effort to become effortless at anything. There are no quick fixes.

  Geneen Roth

  Real, Effort, Quick Fixes

  Geneen Roth (2011). “Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything”, p.158, Simon and Schuster

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• I teach you both effort and effortlessness, because unless you attain to effortless-effort, unless you attain to active passivity, unless you attain to a singing-silence - they look paradoxical - unless you attain to an unmoving dance, you have not attained.

  Rajneesh

  Silence, Effort, Singing

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• I create easily and effortlessly when I let my thoughts come from the loving space of my own heart.

  Louise Hay

  Heart, Space, My Thoughts

  FaceBook post by Louise Hay from Sep 21, 2011

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• Some things you can only learn in the struggle. When it's easy, when everything is going your way, that doesn't take any faith.

  Joel Osteen

  Faith, Struggle, Learning

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• The Difference Between Dreams & Success Is, Dreams Need Effortless Sleep & Success Needs Sleepless Efforts

  Akon

  Dream, Sleep, Differences

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• Cary Grant never won an Oscar, primarily, I suspect, because he made everything look so effortless. Why reward someone for having fun, for being charming?

  Richard Russo

  Fun, Looks, Oscars

  "Failbetter" Interview, www.failbetter.com.

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• It is not human nature to enjoy what we get with no effort.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Hard Work, Effort, Human Nature

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• It's always been great to be onstage. It's really effortless up there. It's not a lot of work.

  Tom Petty

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• The battle for self-discipline may leave you a bit bruised and battered but always a better person. Self-discipline is a rigorous process at best; too many of us want it to be effortless and painless. Should temporary setbacks afflict us, a very significant part of our struggle for self-discipline is the determination and the courage to try again....Eternal life in the kingdom of our Father is your goal, and self-discipline will surely be required if you are to achieve it.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Determination, Father, Struggle

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• Luxury must have that over-the-top attitude but be effortless at the same time, that's what feels chic to me.

  Stefano Pilati

  Attitude, Luxury, Chic

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