The Artisan S Star Quotes & Sayings

Once, at a seminar, I heard a Westernized lama say that a meditator's state of mind should be like that of a hotel doorman. A doorman lets the guests in, but he doesn't follow them up to their rooms. He lets them out, but he doesn't walk into the street with them to their next appointment. He greets them all, then lets them go on about their business. Meditation is, in its initial stages, simply accustoming oneself to letting thoughts come and go without grasping at their sleeves or putting up a velvet rope to keep them out. — Marc Ian Barasch

Let me tell you something. Nobody goes to jail unless they want to. Unless they make themselves get caught. They don't have things organized. — Nicholas Pileggi

Things can change only through strong personalities. I am not very good at supporting ignorance and mediocrity, so maybe this leads to arrogant gestures and arrogant responses. So, nobody's perfect. — Edi Rama

In fact, the legal system is in part responsible for their very size and growth. And too often when the individual finds himself in conflict with these forces, the legal system sides with the giant institution, not the small businessman or private citizen. — Edward Kennedy

TV is a deformed vision, an excessive caricature. A chef has to stay an artisan, not become a star. — Alain Ducasse

Hiroshima. So I've got to put something about it in my book. From the official Air Force standpoint, it'll all be new." "Why would they keep it a secret so long?" said Lily. "For fear that a lot of bleeding hearts," said Rumfoord, "might not think it was such a wonderful thing to do." It was now that Billy Pilgrim spoke up intelligently. "I was there," he said. — Kurt Vonnegut

There must not be any single person in the world whom you should allow to rent a portion of your heart. Don't hold grudge. Forgive and move on... — Assegid Habtewold

I like reading, I like boring things, and yet I think people for ages had this image of me that I was on the tube with a chainsaw looking for any likely candidate. — Jo Brand

In times of crisis, cash is king. — Ricardo Salinas Pliego

That ones yours,huh?"he asked,pointing to 3A."How come it just says 'Kyle'?Doesnt he have a last name?"
"Kyle wants to be a rock star,"Simon said,heading down the stairs."I think his working the one-name thing.Like Rihanna. — Cassandra Clare

So when someone happens to consult the pages of a poet whose verses and intention are concerned with a quite different subject, in a wonderful way a verse often emerges appropriate to the decision under discussion. — Augustine Of Hippo

Do you think loving you has ever been easy for me ... or even sometimes pleasant? — S.C. Stephens

I had dropped out of theater school after six months and was just staying on my mom's couch at home in Toronto. — Scott Speedman

The human understanding when it has once adopted an opinion (either as being the received opinion or as being agreeable to itself) draws all things else to support and agree with it. — Francis Bacon

I came from a big family - two brothers and two sisters. So, there were always a ton of boys around and a ton of girls around. So, I grew up comfortable with both sexes. — Blake Lively

His mother's Femme smelled of plums, flowers and smoky sandalwood. It made him think of the silk and linen dresses that fluttered around her knees on windy days. Her gloves smelled of it, and her shawls. It was his mother's scent only, and he liked that when she left a room it would trail in the air behind her, making him feel safe. — Gabriella Contestabile

Insulting to my mother, of course, considering how — Susan Elizabeth Phillips