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Tara Brach

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TARA BRACH We have it in our head that if we fill our stomachs, we’ll fill our hearts.
KATE WICKER I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES We are always looking for beauty and forget that it is residing inside of our own hearts.
DEBASISH MRIDHA If our hearts are ready for anything, we can open to our inevitable losses, and to the depths of our...
TARA BRACH If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th...
GARY F EVANS... ...in our own hearts we trust for our salvation, in the men that
surround us, in the sights t...
JOSEPH CONRAD There is emotion in the hug, and there is respect and a form of love. Emotion that comes from honest...
JAMES FREY The woman who first gives life, light, and form to our shadowy conceptions of beauty, fills a void i...
WILKIE COLLINS There are two worlds: the world we can measure with line and rule, and the world that we feel with o...
LEIGH HUNT When we are mired in the relative world, never lifting our gaze to the mystery, our life is stunted,...
PETER MATTHIESSEN I am aware that everyone that exists has a story, and we all exist because that story is important f...
ARZELL Dae FATE NAYAE Nanagha Vandhuttoom Da, Sandy , Na Nata, London Lass,Russian Grapes, Ellorum Ippa Van...
SATHESH KUMAR M Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed!
I ARE We are in fact convinced that if we are ever to have pure knowledge of anything, we must get rid of ...
SOCRATES A couple of customers interrupted [...] who wanted to know if we had some YA book about ants and ali...
SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON We can fight it only by showing an equally strong bond of friendship and trust. Differences of habit...
J.K. ROWLING We must constantly remind ourselves that we are the image and likeness of God
SOTONYE ANGA The words you can’t find, you borrow.
We read to know we’re not alone. We read because w...
GABRIELLE ZEVIN Why are we reading, if not in hope of beauty laid bare, life heightened and its deepest mystery prob...
ANNIE DILLARD Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are op...
J.K. ROWLING Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are op...
J. K. ROWLING Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are op...
ALBUS DUMBLEDORE I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made ...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON We need to be fit and ready for anything that might come our way.
AARON B. POWELL Basically we are just monitoring the storm and if it does come our way, we feel we are ready.
EVERETT CLENDENIN Air is approximately 21% oxygen, our brains feed off of oxygen. So basically we are all airheads.
ANDONI GARCIA Inspired By Beauty In Creation We Are One
DANIEL GILMAN Are shadows a shadowy reflection of the soul or is it a reflection of who we really are, or possibly...
GARY F EVANS... We are this fucking stick in the end...
DEYTH BANGER The waves of love roll throughout the Universe, and overflow in our hearts..
Everything is ONE!
DAVE ZEBIAN We may not get to choose how we die, but we can chose how we live.
The universe may for...
SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON Dreams are hopeful because they exist as pure possibility. Unlike memories, which are fossils, long ...
SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for...
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER) I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for...
SENECA I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for...
LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA If we can soften our hearts, and if we can access the pure and simple aspect of our nature, then we ...
YEHUDA BERG It isn’t violence that can break through our hearts. It isn’t force that binds us and keeps us t...
JOCELYN SORIANO Let us fill our hearts with our own compassion - towards ourselves and towards all living beings.
THICH NHAT HANH As children, our imaginations are vibrant, and our hearts are open. We believe that the bad guy alwa...
YEHUDA BERG Our reaction and attitude to persecution will determine if we are really ready for big things or not
SUNDAY ADELAJA Brokenness is just like beauty; it's something we wear and carry, and if we let it define us, it wil...
LAUREN MILLER Heal yourself, heal the world. To change our world, we must heal and open our hearts.
EILEEN ANGLIN We need a renaissance of wonder. We need to renew, in our hearts and in our souls, the deathless dre...
E. MERRILL ROOT If we are to build for the future and create a modern world for our children and children’s childr...
SUNDAY ADELAJA The first questions to be asked and answered in every contingency of life being: How will this thoug...
ALDOUS HUXLEY When we relate to our bodies as having soul, we attend to their beauty, their poetry and their expre...
THOMAS MOORE But poetry, romance, love, beauty? These are what we stay alive for!
N.H. KLEINBAUM If in our hearts we really don’t believe that God loves us as we are, if we are still tainted by t...
BRENNAN MANNING I would like the world to know that Yemeni women are strong, and if empowered, they can achieve. The...
TAWAKKOL KARMAN We played our hearts out in the game before that and we didn't have anything left. I blamed myself (...
KARSON KLASS We don't want to set expectations for our customers that we are not able to fill.
JEN DILLON We were not sent into this world to do anything into which we cannot put our hearts.
JOHN RUSKIN Eating with the fullest pleasure - pleasure, that is, that does not depend on ignorance - is perhaps...
WENDELL BERRY I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for...
SENECA God gave us minds to think with and hearts to thank with. Instead we use our hearts to think about t...
DOUGLAS WILSON 3 Doors Down asked us if we could fill in for them, and we are very happy that we were able to rearr...
AARON LEWIS They were touched, our hearts were touched and it was just a moving experience. They came as strange...
JAY MILLER Disconnection, separation, division, detachment, disassociation - these are all words that describe<...
JACKIE ALAN GIULIANO The problem for all women is we're identified by how we look instead of by our heads and our hea...
GLORIA STEINEM Our outward appearance is a reflection of what we are on the inside. Our lives reflect that for whic...
MARGARET D. NADAULD Our hearts are with the troops. These are our sons and daughters and neighbors and associates. We ha...
KATHY COX Children are the air that we breathe, the sparkle in our eyes, the warmth in our hearts and the ting...
JASMINA SIDEROVSKI If I meet God, I hope she's female. I'm touched by the power of women. I'm married to a feminist. An...
LEONARD NIMOY It is difficult to have faith when our hearts are consumed by fear, but it is when we are afraid tha...
A.A. FRIAS We should go forth on the shortest walk, perchance, in the spirit of undying adventure, never to ret...
HENRY DAVID THOREAU What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.
ROBERT E. LEE As a species, we are most animated when our days and nights on Earth are touched by the natural worl...
RICHARD LOUV If we're honest, most of us are doing okay.
CRAIG GROESCHEL God is not moved or impressed with our worship until our hearts are moved and impressed by Him.
KELLY SPARKS Secrets are a part of life. Their mysteries make our world beautiful. Their depths inspire our heart...
IMANIA MARGRIA In those last three games that we have and this game at LSU, we have a chance to spin our season aro...
LUKASZ OBRZUT Life is magical for those whose hearts are loving, minds are full with joy, and eyes that are dancin...
DEBASISH MRIDHA How can we confront immense hassle, endure temporal inconveniences, overcome formidable obstacles an...
SUNDAY ADELAJA We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of...
ROBIN WILLIAMS What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and...
GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and...
ROBERT E. LEE We finish our own story. The details of our journey are still a mystery.
STEVEN CUOCO There's no way to approach anything in an objective way. We're completely subjective; our vi...
CHARLIE KAUFMAN The wings of the dove are as soft as they are swift. Gentleness is a sure result of the Sacred Dove'...
CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON We wind up in cells of our own making when we're not generous, loving, compassionate, and forgiving....
MARTIN SHEEN Beauty is the light within. Only when you see the light within yourself will others see it in you.
F. JOHNSON We will have our crews on standby ready to respond for anything that might occur in our area.
DAYLE STEWART We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of...
TOM SCHULMAN Because you can only die once but you can suffer forever.
SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON We have for a long time neglected our children. They are our richest treasure. We must give them tim...
DADA VASWANI When we open our hearts and minds to our "Inner Sun" we are fully purified by the radiance of it's l...
ANGIE KARAN It's a message to whoever might be looking that we are ready to go, just give us the word and we're ...
JOE HIGGINS I believe we are more ready to embrace our lives in the here and now when we are able to recognize t...
MARK SCANDRETTE We're ready for that. If the referees let us play tough, physical play, we are ready to compete and ...
LUKASZ OBRZUT We don't know why it happened. We've never had anything like that before our hearts go out to our em...
MIKE RASNAK You can do anything in this world if you are ready to face the consequences.
VIKRANT PARSAI We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of...
WALT WHITMAN Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hea...
FLAVIA Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hea...
GILLIAN ANDERSON Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Others stay for awhile and leave footprints on our h...
UNKNOWN Empathy is a bridge. Our sufferings connect us. Let pain make you softer.
AKIROQ BROST Outside... we are just nobody... you could meet me outside... but it doesn't mean that I am DeYtH Ba...
DEYTH BANGER Come on... come on... I am waiting for answer...
...

Silence doesn't make it... bet...
DEYTH BANGER

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TARA BRACH Quite simply, if you're feeling anxious, angry, a sense of shame, whatever it is, breathe in and...
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TARA BRACH Buddhist practices offer a way of saying, 'Hey, come back over here, reconnect.' The only wa...
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TARA BRACH Clearly recognizing what is happening inside us, and regarding what we see with an open, kind and lo...
TARA BRACH We focus on other people’s faults. There is a saying that the world is divided into people who thi...
TARA BRACH The next step in my life is hopefully meeting a nice guy and getting married.
TARA REID There's a lot more to see when you're playing and because of the advances in technology it m...
TARA STRONG My son is old enough to respond to my work. To me, that's what it is all about.
TARA STRONG I usually have 10 different animation projects going at a time.
TARA STRONG I'm not sure specifically but there's definitely parts of me in Rikku.
TARA STRONG In general, I find that for videos the acting is more realistic.
TARA STRONG Start as early as you can. Make tapes of your characters.
TARA STRONG I didn't record any additional dialogue for this CD, they are excerpts pulled from existing epis...
TARA STRONG If I am not right for something there are many talented actors out there that will get it.
TARA STRONG We really have a lot of fun at these sessions, we all get along and kid around with each other throu...
TARA STRONG I think there are more female characters in videogames now but I also think that's because video...
TARA STRONG I think it's definitely beneficial for these characters to have good acting voices behind them a...
TARA STRONG Some shows, like PPG, tape in a group session, which is always more fun because you can play off eac...
TARA STRONG Sometimes a role might be difficult on my throat.
TARA STRONG Whenever you do an animated project or a voice-over project it's inevitable that part of your pe...
TARA STRONG Many people think voice over artists just read, there's much more to it. Without acting beats, s...
TARA STRONG We all sit in front of our mics and our scripts lay on music stands. Then the silliness begins!
TARA STRONG Don't be afraid to look silly.
TARA STRONG I had to make squirrel noises as Bubbles and without realizing it, I was making the face and putting...
TARA STRONG I've done a lot of serious roles, but they're, like, independent, so it's harder for the...
TARA REID I admire a lot of actors; I think a lot of them have so much talent.
TARA REID I love horror movies. I mean, who doesn't like a good horror movie every once in a while? It'...
TARA REID People think I am America's party girl, which is just stupid. I have done 24 movies and I am cre...
TARA REID Once you get to know me, you would know in a second that I am an East Coast girl. You can tell becau...
TARA REID I like a guy who uses his hips when he's dancing.
TARA REID I like when a guy makes me feel like a woman and a little girl at the same time.
TARA REID I have a lot of friends who are infected with HIV, and you wanna protect them... To increase the awa...
TARA REID It would be the ultimate dream for me to win an Academy Award, be in love and have kids. Then I woul...
TARA REID I'm more of a jeans and T-shirt kind of girl.
TARA REID I just started making Bloody Marys. I always thought they looked gross, then I tasted one. There'...
TARA REID I just couldn't live without dogs.
TARA REID I can make a scene that's not supposed to be sexy, very sexy. It's a power you're born w...
TARA REID Why is partying and having a good time bad?
TARA REID I'm not perfect, I do drink. I do smoke. Carson Daly can't go out and get messed up, he can&...
TARA REID It used to be that I wanted to be taller. Once I made 5-foot-1, I was happy.
TARA LIPINSKI I can't even imagine what it's like and right now I'm like in shock, I can't believe...
TARA LIPINSKI Acting is easier than skating in a way and harder in other aspects. In skating, you get one chance, ...
TARA LIPINSKI Over the years, God and St. Therese have kept me going no matter how bad things were.
TARA LIPINSKI The highlight of my career? The Olympics, of course.
TARA LIPINSKI The sound of the blades on the ice in the morning is like smelling fresh coffee.
TARA LIPINSKI Designing your product for monetization first, and people second will probably leave you with neithe...
TARA HUNT Smart means having intellectual humility rather than high cognitive ability.
TARA ESTACAAN I got out of the bathtub and put on a black low-cut dress with lace all over it sandly. I put on bla...
TARA GILESBIE RAIN

Thunder skies
dewdrops fall,
timeless motion.

Heavy drizzles, TARA ESTACAAN I would love to work with Anthony Hopkins; I would love to work with Meryl Streep; I would love to w...
TARA REID All I know is I make sense to me- it's other people who seem complicated.
TARA KELLY I'm more of a jeans and T-shirt kind of girl.
TARA REID This shows that sexual assault does happen here.
TARA FISHER We're very song-driven, ... Although our tastes are different, our aesthetics work. We just apprecia...
TARA SLONE HIDEAWAY

Preserve that
secret, homey spot
in your heart,
as sanctuary
TARA ESTACAAN We rely on five players who step up, do their roles and help us win.
TARA JACOBSON Oh, yeah. Our coach told us that it's very hard to come into a section title (game) undefeated, and ...
TARA JACOBSON Feedback doesn’t tell you about yourself. It tells you about the person giving the feedback. In ot...
TARA MOHR I call it a bit of a soap opera.
TARA BIRTWHISTLE My great grandmother was feisty. She was determined to be around forever.
TARA STEWART She is just that unsung kind of hero. She doesn't really like the commotion around her; she just lik...
TARA SAVOLT They aren't going to get base hits in the gaps against her. She makes them hit soft ground balls and...
TARA SHAMSIE Slasher movies are fun. You watch yourself get chopped to pieces, yet you're still alive. You see th...
TARA REID I know this sounds ridiculous, but I like guys with love handles. I hate a washboard stomach - that ...
TARA REID I don't like the typical good-looking guy. I know this sounds ridiculous, but I like guys with love ...
TARA REID I can make a scene that's not supposed to be sexy, very sexy. It's a power you're born with. It's no...
TARA REID You fucking bustard!” yelled Draco at Vampire. “I want to shit next to her!
TARA GILESBIE He needed to gather her up, hold on to her, anything to help her stop trembling. Something was going...
TARA JANZEN Hanson got to sleep with you, and I didn't,” he said, his own jaw a little tight. “So I stole hi...
TARA JANZEN He caught her, and he held her, and he let her cry, and cry, and cry, and he let her use his sheets ...
TARA JANZEN As in music, give equal attention to silence as well as sound.
TARA WEST We know who you are because of it Decide who you will become in spite of it. Define it. Defeat it.
TARA WEST It takes a lifetime to get it down pat. It's not something you can pick up in a matter of weeks or m...
TARA COOK At the end of a movie, all my outfits are missing. They even call: 'Tara, those were $700 shoes.' Wh...
TARA REID you would think my boob had popped out and shot Gandhi!
TARA REID I think it's definitely beneficial for these characters to have good acting voices behind them and i...
TARA STRONG It is a skill you attain when doing voice over animation for thirteen some odd years.
TARA STRONG There's a lot more to see when you're playing and because of the advances in technology it makes roo...
TARA STRONG You hate birthdays yet pee your pants over presents. There is clearly something wrong with you," Gar...
TARA SIVEC A pause gives you
breathing space
so listen
to the whispers
of the real you TARA ESTACAAN Mankind has a mandate to care for the earth and all that is within it, especially the animals, and a...
TARA POLLARD Why was it considered normal for a girl to live for fashion and makeup, but not car engines or bugs?...
TARA KELLY Certainly, we don't want Mattress Firm to be seen in a negative light here. We do care about our cus...
TARA POWERS A cat's head rubbing your cheeks can give you a wonderful feeling, that of being loved and accepted.
TARA ESTACAAN SUMMER

the cattails sway
and the bamboo
dances gently into
the brightness ...
TARA ESTACAAN You can do the arithmetic.
TARA O'TOOLE The administration's top priority is good contracts with good working conditions for all our employe...
TARA KELLY We are making good progress with each of the bargaining units. The administration's top priority is ...
TARA KELLY The college would like these programs to continue, but they should be able to support themselves.
TARA KELLY The various bargaining units for employees will have to approve the offer before it can go into effe...
TARA KELLY Employees who have 15 or more years of service will be offered the opportunity of resigning and rece...
TARA KELLY There's no secrets. We have to stop them. We can't let them get on a streak.
TARA KELLY It feels amazing, I can't believe it. When the buzzer sounded, I was crying. I'm so happy we got thi...
TARA JACOBSON How can the fact-finders be objective when there is a long-standing relationship between the fact fi...
TARA KELLY I'm not perfect, I do drink. I do smoke. Carson [Carson Daly] can't go out and get messed up, he can...
TARA REID I hate being tickled. Sure, it makes me laugh, but when I get tickled, I get pissed off. I'm like a ...
TARA REID There is a huge boom with wireless now. It's really starting to pick up a great deal of momentum.
TARA HOWARD That was the thing about life--people always assumed there'd be more time. More time to say hello, m...
TARA GOEDJEN I just started making Bloody Marys. I always thought they looked gross, then I tasted one. There's a...
TARA REID are very good friends.
TARA REID If I work on a movie for two months, I should be able to dance on as many tables as I want to.
TARA REID Am I embracing my personality? Yeah, ... Everyone knows I love to have a good time. That's something...
TARA REID Having gone through that in my own life, I know writers can capture things in the right way or the w...
TARA REID meeting men can be tough.
TARA REID I just want her to meet a guy,
TARA REID It was just a kangaroo court. It's like a judge deciding someone is guilty before the trial takes pl...
TARA KNIGHT It was just a kangaroo court.
TARA KNIGHT MORNINGTIDE

The wonderful works
of morningtide
bring the sight of
lumino...
TARA ESTACAAN Normal is an ideal. But it’s not reality. Reality is brutal, it’s beautiful, it’s every shade ...
TARA KELLY Whenever you do an animated project or a voice-over project it's inevitable that part of your person...
TARA STRONG The voice I choose for the characters is based on the character description and/or drawing given to ...
TARA STRONG Don't be afraid to look silly.
TARA STRONG It's frustrating. The phone does not stop ringing.
TARA HIGH As is our policy, National Heritage Academies conducted extensive reference checks on Dr. Michael Ca...
TARA POWERS She is silk--
essence of power,
in command.
TARA ESTACAAN A Haiku: Midday

Cloud ribbons on wings
Dramatic cerulean sky
A feast for the ey...
TARA ESTACAAN There's other teams that have riders that show on the 'A' circuit year-round.
TARA COOK Paige is a presence, whether she scores or not. It's awesome to have her in there and, [even] if she...
TARA O'MALLEY We weren't sloppy. We played well down the stretch. We needed a stop or two that we didn't get. I th...
TARA VANDERVEER This is a nation-busting event.
TARA O'TOOLE I believe in love at first sight, and I believe that’s what we’ve got going here. I was willing ...
TARA JANZEN No matter your form, the main thing is repetition.
TARA KING Smaller size prints always seem to be a winner; they're easier to dip your toe into. Printed cotton ...
TARA RYAN Dave walked closer to me, his dark eyes combing my every move. "Do you always hold your guitar like ...
TARA KELLY He wanted more than anything, to walk over the bridge. To just leave Oyster Point and go to college ...
TARA ALTEBRANDO When all else fails, drink some tea. Really. You'll be amazed how many problems it can solve. We lik...
TARA COTTRELL MELODY

Long chorus,
pierce the night.
Noon for crickets.
TARA ESTACAAN I love seeing other channels counterprogram the Super Bowl. PBS: "DAMN RIGHT we're airing a new 'Mas...
TARA ARIANO Don't get me wrong. I love to be alone. When I am by myself, I get to create my own version of reali...
TARA MICHENER I have a dream.
And in this dream I’m under the covers in bed, just a few scant inches away f...
TARA SIVEC The reflex of fear was soon replaced with another, more useful emotion.
Rage.
TARA MOSS I started out doing theater when I was really young, and I completely fell in love with it. I knew t...
TARA LYNNE BARR I love a good comedy, but the slapstick sitcom belly-laugh sort of comedy - the multicam thing - is ...
TARA LYNNE BARR Living life as normally as possible gives you a richer well of experiences to draw from.
TARA LYNNE BARR I've been lucky enough to play roles that are not just the preppy cheerleader or sullen emo girl...
TARA LYNNE BARR It's human when you get the sense that somebody likes you or is attracted to you - unless you...
TARA LYNNE BARR Teenage girls in television and film, in my experience, oftentimes are portrayed as either the sweet...
TARA LYNNE BARR The distance between your knowledge of truth and your obedience is called lack of integrity. And the...
TARA LEIGH COBBLE Certain bookworms eat books. Eat them, swear in them, spill things on them.
TARA BRAY SMITH I used to always read with a pen in my hand, as if the author and I were in a conversation.
TARA BRAY SMITH The darker side of the City tried to emphasize the selfish parts of me by encouraging my sense of en...
TARA LEIGH COBBLE God's plan for your life is happening right now. It doesn't begin when you get married or when you g...
TARA LEIGH COBBLE Reading, for me, is like this: consumptive, pleasing, calming, as much as edifying. It's how I feel ...
TARA BRAY SMITH I never minded the random scribblings of other readers, found them interesting in fact. It is a trut...
TARA BRAY SMITH A man once told me that there are infinite places love will take you, but revenge is the business of...
TARA BROWN, A.E WATSON I was always the last to leave. That was my great skill.
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