Quote by Martha Beck
The position that I take partly as a result of living in Asia is w

The position that I take partly as a result of living in Asia is where you stop living according to your expectations and you become available to experience things as they are. – Martha Beck

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No one else can take risks for us, or face our losses on our behalf, or give us self-esteem. No one can spare us from lifes slings and arrows, and when death comes, we meet it alone. – Martha Beck

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alone
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Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury. – Martha Beck

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dating
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My own nature hovers between neurotic and paranoid. Ive developed the habit of mentally listing things that make me optimistic about the future. I do it every day. – Martha Beck

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Well, my background is journalism. I dont have any creative-writing experience except for one class I took as a sophomore in college. – Dave Eggers

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When I was 12 years old, someone took me to see Martha Graham. It was nothing like what I thought of as serious dancing and even then I knew I was having a great experience. It was as if somebody was moving through space like no one ever did before. – Leslie Fiedler

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We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them. – Carl Jung

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But I just know from experience that accent wise, even if youre an accent genius, crossing the Atlantic is the hardest thing in the world either way. – Hugh Grant

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Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations reality is therefore abandoned. – Emile Durkheim

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I went to art school actually when I was sixteen years old. – David Hockney

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