Opening Quotes - Page 21

• I do not enjoy writing at all. If I can turn my back on an idea, out there in the dark, if I can avoid opening the door to it, I won't even reach for a pencil.

  Richard Bach

  Writing, Dark, Doors

  Richard Bach (2012). “Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah”, p.3, Delta

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• I make shoes for white suburban kids, not the poor black kids. That would be like opening a restaurant for people without stomachs.

  Michael Jordan

  Kids, Shoes, White

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• You know that when Irving puts the dog in the car, it is no longer in the yard. When Edna goes to church, her head goes with her. If Doug is in the house, he must have gone through some opening unless he was born there and never left. If Sheila is alive at 9 A.M. and is alive at 5 P.M., she was also alive at noon. Zebras in the wild never wear underwear. Opening a jar of a new brand of peanut butter will not vaporize the house. People never shove meat thermometers in their ears. A gerbil is smaller than Mt. Kilimanjaro.

  Steven Pinker

  Dog, Zebras, People

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• An opening statement is like a guide or a road map. It's a very delicate thing.

  Johnnie Cochran

  Delicate Things, Maps, Guides

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• Humans tend to build walls when they should be opening doors.

  Debbie Macomber

  Wall, Doors, Should

  Debbie Macomber (2014). “Mr. Miracle: A Christmas Novel”, p.76, Ballantine Books

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• It is wonderful how soon a piano gets into a log-hut on the frontier. You would think they found it under a pine-stump. With it comes a Latin grammar, and one of those tow-head boys has written a hymn on Sunday. Now let colleges, now let senates take heed! for here is one who, opening these fine tastes on the basis of the pioneer's iron constitution, will gather all their laurels in his strong hands.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Strong, Latin, Sunday

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1911). “The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.21, Рипол Классик

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• There are openings in our lives
  of which we know nothing.

  Jane Hirshfield

  Knows, Our Lives

  "Fooling with Words". Performance readings at the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, billmoyers.com. May 28, 1999.

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• There are moments in history when a door for massive change opens, and great revolutions for good or evil spring up in the vacuum created by these openings. In these divine moments key men and women and even entire generations risk everything to become the hinge of history, the pivotal point that determines which way the door will swing.

  Lou Engle

  Spring, Men, Keys

  James W. Goll, Lou Engle (2011). “The Call of the Elijah Revolution”, p.101, Destiny Image Publishers

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• In the opening chapters of the Book of Revelation the Apostle John tells us how on the Isle of Patmos he was given an awesome vision of the Lord Jesus, risen from the dead. Then John says, 'When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead.' He tells us not only the vision itself, but the profound effect it had on him. It utterly prostrated him before the Lord until He came and laid His right hand on him and said 'Fear not.'

  Roy Hession

  Jesus, Book, Feet

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• Reading is the basic springboard for learning. And books provide the liftoff. They are the great equalizer, opening up new worlds to everyone.

  Mary Pope Osborne

  Book, Reading, Opening Up

  Twitter post from Jan 19, 2018

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• It's when you take that first step opening a business or making an investment that it becomes real.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Real, Firsts, Steps

  Twitter post from Apr 18, 2014

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• Praying is not about asking; it's about listening...
  It is just opening your eyes to see what was there all along.

  Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche

  Eye, Listening, Asking

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• Renewal requires opening yourself up to new ways of thinking and feeling

  Deborah

  Thinking, Feelings, Way

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• When Punk Rock happened, it created an opening in the culture... it made it ok to think you could play music, even though you had no musical training.

  Kim Gordon

  Thinking, Rocks, Play

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• You just need that opening, that moment, when you finally decide to give yourself permission to change.

  Tosca Reno

  Giving, Needs, Moments

  "What is 'clean eating?' Tips from expert Tosca Reno" by Stephanie Hasbrouck, www.cnn.com. September 19, 2012.

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• My idol was always Tomas Rosicky. He used to be phenomenal. He had such a good eye for an opening and knew where his team-mates were and he was so quick. I copied everything about him – right down to his sweatbands. [] he would be one of the world’s best players. Jack Wilshere is a perfect player. Boy, he’s good. He’s so quick and skillful with the ball at his feet.

  Marco Reus

  Team, Eye, Boys

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• It's not only moving that creates new starting points. Sometimes all it takes is a subtle shift in perspective, an opening of the mind, an intentional pause and reset, or a new route to start to see new options and new possibilities.

  Kristin Armstrong

  Moving, Perspective, Mind

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• We must be willing to take an honest look at ourselves and step out beyond our judgmental mind. It is here that we will have a life-altering shift in perception, an opening of our heart.

  Debbie Ford

  Heart, Perception, Mind

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• Implications of treason are fed like cubes of sugar to the twelve-headed animal which is justice. In ... opening remarks. In the way questions are asked. In support of lines of questioning where cases of treason are cited and the Judge endorses the relevance of the citation.

  E. L. Doctorow

  Animal, Justice, Judging

  E.L. Doctorow (2010). “The Book of Daniel: A Novel”, p.201, Random House

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• Our self illusion is so interwoven with personal memories that when we recall an event, we believe we are retrieving a reliable episode from our history like opening a photograph album and examining a snapshot in time. If we then discover the episode never really happened, then our whole self is called into question. But that's only because we are so committed to the illusion that our self is a reliable story in the first place.

  Bruce Hood

  Memories, Believe, Self

  Bruce Hood (2012). “The Self Illusion: How the Social Brain Creates Identity”, p.91, Oxford University Press

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• I'm just opening the doors. And a lot of this is new to me - thinking about it, and letting go again and again and again, trusting that if I'm meant to continue working as a musician, it'll happen. If I'm not, then pull out the life support.

  Jane Siberry

  Letting Go, Thinking, Doors

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• When I arrived in America, though I had left the war physically far behind, in my mind, the soldiers were still chasing to kill me, my stomach was always hungry, and my fear and distrust kept me from opening up to new friendships. I thought the war was over when I left Cambodia, but I realize now that for survivors and all those involved, the war is never over just because the guns have fallen silent.

  Loung Ung

  War, Gun, Opening Up

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• No Senses stronger than his brain can bear. Why has not Man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason, Man is not a Fly: What the advantage, if his finer eyes Study a Mite, not comprehend the Skies?... Or quick Effluvia darting thro' his brain, Die of a Rose, in Aromatic pain? If Nature thunder'd in his opening ears, And stunn'd him with the music of the Spheres... Who finds not Providence all-good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what denies?

  Alexander Pope

  Wise, Pain, Eye

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• Me and Mr. Brainwash in Toronto signing his mural at Hard Candy Fitness Opening! #artforfreedom

  Madonna Ciccone

  Toronto, Signing, Hard Candy

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• There's no way I would want to hurt him or bust him up. That's why, for the sake of the family as well as himself, I will take him out in the opening round.

  Mike Tyson

  Hurt, Boxing, Want

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