Irreverence is a declaration of independence.
BARBARA SHERWe all need to learn a new language for love – a language that speaks not in socks, pancakes, and paychecks, but in shared fascination with physics or poetry, delight in each other’s uniqueness, and mutual practical and emotional support.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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What you love is as unique to you as your fingerprints. You need to know that because nothing will make you really happy but doing what you love.
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We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
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There is always a realistic way to fulfill any dream. There has never been a dream that you can’t have – at least, not the heart of it, not the part you love the most.
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It’s essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself.
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When you play it too safe, you’re taking the biggest risk of your life. Time is the only wealth we’re given.
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DO IT RIGHT, DO IT WRONG, BUT DO IT. Squeeze your eyes shut and jump. Because a wonderful thing happens then. Your focus shifts from yourself, your nervousness, and your imagined inadequacies to the task at hand.
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Every time you have to make a choice about anything, think Does this go toward or away from what I want? Always choose what goes toward what you want.
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Isolation is the dream killer.
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You don’t need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it today. Do it for twenty minutes and watch your heart start beating.
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Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren’t.
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Sometimes life isn’t about who you were or are, but it’s about who you are becoming.
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Find what you love, because greatness is based on great gifts. If you love something, you can count on the fact that you are genetically gifted at it.
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Thinking about swimming isn’t much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take your breath away.
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And our dreams are who we are.
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The cure for sorrow is to learn something.
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