Effortless Quotes - Page 4

• Happy in all that ragged, loose collapse of water, the fountain, its effortless descent and flatteries of spray.

  Richard Wilbur

  Rain, Rivers, Water

  Richard Wilbur, “A Baroque Wall-Fountain in the VILLa Sciarra”

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• Dean Magraw so liquid, lyrical and effortless it's like listening to a dancer.

  Steve Tibbetts

  Dancer, Listening, Liquid

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• Real life, raising kids and trying to raise them to be good people takes a lot of work. It's all about (appearing) effortless, yet there's so much effort. You do it the best you can.

  Kelli Williams

  Real, Kids, People

  "Kelli Williams talks about starring in UP TV’s first scripted series (updated)". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com. August 2015.

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• You are the Golden Witnessing Screen. Meditation is the effortless effort to keep that screen clean, clear and perfect.

  Amit Ray

  Perfect, Effort, Meditation

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• There is no lasting happiness outside the prescribed cycle of painful exhaustion and pleasurable regeneration, and whatever throws this cycle out of balance – poverty and misery where exhaustion is followed by wretchedness instead of regeneration, or great riches and an entirely effortless life where boredom takes the place of exhaustion and where the mills of necessity, of consumption and digestion, grind an impotent human body mercilessly and barrenly to death – ruins the elemental happiness that comes from being alive.

  Hannah Arendt

  Lasting Happiness, Boredom, Balance

  Hannah Arendt (2013). “The Human Condition: Second Edition”, p.108, University of Chicago Press

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• There is something about this process, and about the whole 8 x 10 [camera] business, that takes it out of the arena of the snapshot, even though, of course, I'm always desperate for that feeling. I wanted those family pictures to look effortless. I wanted them to look like snapshots. And some of them did.

  Sally Mann

  Feelings, Cameras, Looks

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• Everything is going killer. It's loud and dirty and everything that people expect from DOPE . This situation is nothing new for any of us and so far it's been pretty effortless. We are all crazy excited to get back to Japan and party our asses off, not to mention that we can't wait to kick some Japanese ass on Halloween.

  Brian Ebejer

  Crazy, Halloween, Party

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• Photographs have the kind of authority over imagination to-day, which the printed word had yesterday, and the spoken word before that. They seem utterly real. They come, we imagine, directly to us without human meddling, and they are the most effortless food for the mind conceivable.

  Walter Lippmann

  Real, Printed Word, Yesterday

  "Public Opinion". Book by Walter Lippmann, 1922.

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• A little black dress is something to rely on. To fill you with confidence and ease. To have an attitude that is pure and effortless, yet sexy and classy.

  Stella McCartney

  Sexy, Attitude, Black

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• Our ability to perceive the world around us seems so effortless that we tend to take it for granted.

  Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

  World, Granted, Ability

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• Being healthy is feeling the same way as little children feel. Little children are bursting with energy every day. Their bodies feel light and flexible; moving is effortless. They're light on their feet. Their minds are clear; they're happy, and free of worry and stress. They sleep deeply and peacefully every night, and they wake up feeling completely refreshed, as if with a brand-new body. They feel passionate and excited about every new day. Look at little children and you will see what being healthy really means. It is the way you used to feel, and it is the way you should still feel.

  Rhonda Byrne

  Children, Stress, Moving

  Rhonda Byrne (2011). “The Power”, p.175, Simon and Schuster

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• Maybe people have no idea how much work is behind a picture. It can seem very effortless but there is a lot of work. It’s exactly like doing ballet. It’s hours and hours but when you go onstage it’s just the pleasure of dancing.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Ideas, People, Dancing

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• Surrounding myself with people I enjoy being with made the sessions effortless. Everyone came prepared and ready to play. All were great musicians and they came to the studio to give everything they had.

  Stanley Clarke

  Play, People, Giving

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• Merilyn Simonds maintains an effortless balance between the dictates of story and memory . . .these aren't just the stories of one life; here are the patterns found in all our lives, richly celebrated.

  Gail Anderson-Dargatz

  Memories, Balance, Stories

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• If busyness can become a kind of violence, we do not have to stretch our perception very far to see that Sabbath time – effortless, nourishing rest – can invite a healing of this violence. When we consecrate a time to listen to the still, small voices, we remember the root of inner wisdom that makes work fruitful. We remember from where we are most deeply nourished, and see more clearly the shape and texture of the people and things before us.

  Wayne Muller

  Healing, Voice, Roots

  Wayne Muller (2013). “Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in Our Busy Lives”, p.5, Bantam

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• The way of the Essentialist means living by design, not by default. Instead of making choices reactively, the Essentialist deliberately distinguishes the vital few from the trivial many, eliminates the non-essentials, and then removes obstacles so the essential things have clear, smooth passage. In other words, Essentialism is a disciplined, systematic approach for determining where our highest point of contribution lies, then making execution of those things almost effortless.

  Greg McKeown

  Lying, Mean, Choices

  "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less". Book by Greg McKeown, April 17, 2014.

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• When we harness the natural force of harmony, joy, and love, we create success and good fortune with effortless ease.

  Deepak Chopra

  Joy, And Love, Ease

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• Love is action.
  It's clear, it's kind, it's effortless, and it's irresistible.

  Byron Katie

  Love Is, Action, Kind

  Twitter post from Jul 06, 2014

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• Mark Twain said (particularly about Pink Marsh): "I have been reading him again, and my admiration overflows all limits. ... How effortless the limning! It is as if the work did itself, without help of the master's hand."

  George Ade

  Work, Reading, Writing

  "The Best of George Ade".

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• Architecture is like writing. You have to edit it over and over so it looks effortless

  Zaha Hadid

  Writing, Looks, Architecture

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• It takes a lot of effort to make a building look effortless.

  Norman Foster

  Effort, Looks, Building

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• Self-discipline is a rigorous process at best; too many of us want it to be effortless and painless.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Self, Discipline, Want

  Twitter post from Jan 03, 2015

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• Embrace an effortless a-line silhouette in the seasons must have indigo shades.

  Lubov Azria

  Lines, Shade, Silhouettes

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• Channel a bohemian state of mind with an effortless dress paired with a must have embroidered moto jacket.

  Lubov Azria

  Mind, Dresses, Bohemian

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• The first time I picked up a bat in a professional game, I hit a ball hard left-handed, and my first home run was so effortless, it surprised me.

  Chili Davis

  Running, Home, Games

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