Happenings Quotes - Page 17

• The whole Twitter phenomenon is really indicative of what's happening in this country. And I say this in condemnation of myself as much as anyone else - we are growing into a nation that has no time, desire or capacity for truth. All we can handle is 140 characters of knowledge.

  Kurt Sutter

  Country, Character, Desire

  "R.I.P. Krazy Kurt Sutter's Twitter Feed" by Matt Ufford, uproxx.com. August 15, 2011.

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• 'Tell me one last thing,' said Harry. 'Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?' Dumbledore beamed at him, and his voice sounded loud and strong in Harry's ears even though the bright mist was descending again, obscuring his figure. 'Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean it is not real?'

  J. K. Rowling

  Strong, Real, Life Lesson

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• A poet articulating the dreads and horrors of our time is necessary in order to make readers understand what is happening, really understand it, not just know about it but feel it: and should be accompanied by a willingness on the part of those who write it to take additional action towards stopping the great miseries which they record.

  Denise Levertov

  Writing, Order, Stopping

  Denise Levertov (1992). “New & Selected Essays”, p.146, New Directions Publishing

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• I was a voracious reader and the library fed my curiosity, imagination and my soul. I read by the shelf - biographies, fantasy - all and everything fed my dreams. Then as an adult whenever I would go on location the first thing we would do as a family is sign up at the closest library. Not only would we find books, but what was happening in that town, because the library is the head of the community.

  Susan Sarandon

  Dream, Book, Imagination

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• Take a long pause ...breathe and know that things are happening for you not to you.

  Ashton Kutcher

  Long, Breathe, Knows

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• I say, as a singer grows older, his conception grows a little deeper, because he lives life and he understands what he is trying to say a little more. And I think this gives. If a singer tries to find out what's happening in life, it gives him a better insight on telling the story of the song he is trying to sing.

  Sam Cooke

  Song, Thinking, Giving

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• Everything that's happening to you, is what's suppose to be happening to you. So just relax.

  Chris Martin

  Relax

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• No matter what is happening in our lives, we choose how we wish to think about it. And the greatest gift we give ourselves is often our willingness to change our minds. Despite what might seem to be the saddest and most intractable situation, we have the power to believe that something else is possible, that things can change, that a miracle can happen.

  Marianne Williamson

  Believe, Thinking, Giving

  Marianne Williamson (2012). “The Law of Divine Compensation: On Work, Money, and Miracles”, p.7, Harper Collins

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• I've stopped thinking all the time of what happened yesterday. And stopped asking what's going to happen tomorrow. What's happening today, this minute, is what I care about.

  Nikos Kazantzakis

  Thinking, Yesterday, Asking

  Nikos Kazantzakis (1964). “Zorba the Greek”

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• I've long come to the conclusion that when people say they can't put a book down, they don't mean they're interested in what's happening next; they mean they are so mesmerised by the writer's voice and the relationship that has been established that they don't want to break that. That's what I feel when I read, and I'm sure now that that's what's going on in the relationship between the reader and the writing.

  David Malouf

  Art, Book, Writing

  "David Malouf - 'Dream Stuff'". Interview with Ramona Koval, www.abc.net.au. April 14, 2000.

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• If only we knew what was happening when we pray, we would never cease to pray.

  Louie Giglio

  Praying, Ifs, Cease

  Twitter post from Apr 4, 2012

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• Real inspired acting is never DOING, it is always HAPPENING

  Michael Chekhov

  Real, Acting, Inspired

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• Practice doing yoga with an innocent mind. Then, you will be able to cognize the things happening in your body

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Yoga, Practice, Mind

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• Clarity and decisiveness come from the willingness to slow down, to listen to and look at what’s happening.

  Pema Chodron

  Looks, Clarity, Slow Down

  Pema Chodron (2001). “Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living”, p.184, Shambhala Publications

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• The trick to not thinking is not adding energy to the equation in an effort to forcibly stop thinking from happening. It’s more a matter of subtracting energy from the equation in order not to barf the thoughts up and start chewing them over again.

  Brad Warner

  Thinking, Order, Effort

  Brad Warner (2010). “Sit Down and Shut Up: Punk Rock Commentaries on Buddha, God, Truth, Sex, Death, and Dogen's Treasury of the Right Dharma Eye”, p.43, New World Library

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• If there were no guns, we couldn't talk about it, ... You turn on TV, you see soldiers marching with guns. We only talk about things that's happening.

  Dr. Dre

  Gun, Soldier, Tvs

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• You are not merely the body; you are 100% Pure Being. But you must find this out for yourself. It must become your own discovery, happening in your innermost being.

  Mooji

  Discovery, Body, Pure

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• The conversation is happening about your brand whether
  you're a part of it or not.

  Seth Godin

  Conversation, Brands

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• You must think that something is happening upon you, that life has not forgotten you, that it holds you in its hand; it will not let you fall.

  Rainer Maria Rilke

  Fall, Hands, Forgotten

  "Letters to a Young Poet".

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• A snake knows more about what is happening around than any other creature, because it has no ears to listen to gossip - only direct perception.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Love, Life, Snakes

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• The moment you function in the world without being concerned about what is happening to life around you, you are a Criminal.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Love, Life, Meditation

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• Self-discovery in songwriting, bringing something forth that's instructive to yourself - some of the best songs that you will ever write are the ones where you didn't have to think about any of that stuff, but nonetheless that's what's happening in the song.

  Jackson Browne

  Music, Song, Writing

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• Somebody did an article in one of the newspapers saying that at that time I had the most visibility of any actor around. Kind of nice, you know, when that thing was happening.

  Gavin MacLeod

  Nice, Actors, Visibility

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• What is happening to teachers now across this nation is a disgrace. The attacks on them are a blot on our nation. Teachers and students are not different interest groups. Anyone who demeans teachers demeans education and hurts children.

  Diane Ravitch

  Teacher, Hurt, Children

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• This moment right here, me standing up here all brown with my boobs and my Thursday night of network television full of women of color, competitive women, strong women, women who own their bodies and whose lives revolve around their work instead of their men, women who are big dogs, that could only be happening right now.

  Shonda Rhimes

  Strong Women, Dog, Night

  "Shonda Rhimes at THR's 2014 Power Women Event: 'I Haven't Broken Through Any Glass Ceilings'" by Lesley Goldberg, www.hollywoodreporter.com. December 10, 2014.

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