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I believe that as an actor, director or writer if you can speak truthfully for 10 minutes you can do it for 100. I have always been drawn to the 10-Minute play because in a single breath you can see deeply into the eyes of the playwright, ...more
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Lao Tzu
“To those who are good (to me), I am good; and to those who are not good (to me), I am also good;—and thus (all) get to be good. To those who are sincere (with me), I am sincere; and to those who are not sincere (with me), I am also sincere;—and thus (all) get to be sincere.”
Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

Ming-Dao Deng
“We are too often in a rush for our children to grow up. It is far better for them to fully live each year of their lives. Let them learn what is appropriate to their time, let them play. And when their childhood is spent at adolescence, help them in a gentle transition. Then their laughter will continue to resonate with cheer and hope for us all.”
Ming-Dao Deng, 365 Tao: Daily Meditations

Ming-Dao Deng
“Those who believe that life was better in the “old days” sometimes are blind to the reality of the present; those who live only for the present frequently have little regard for either precedent or consequence; and those who live only for some deferred reward often strain themselves with too much denial.”
Ming-Dao Deng, 365 Tao: Daily Meditations

Ming-Dao Deng
“Worry is an addiction That interferes with compassion.”
Ming-Dao Deng, 365 Tao: Daily Meditations

“There’s a hopelessness that comes with reaching the peak of anything because once you’re at the top, there’s nowhere else to go. All you’re left with is the realization that the promise of reaching someplace higher was always the best part of climbing in the first place.”
Patrick Hutchison, Cabin: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman

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