Veronique Vienne quotes

“The only difference between an extraordinary life and an ordinary one is the extraordinary pleasures you find in ordinary things.”
-- Veronique Vienne

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“Enlightenment is just another word for feeling comfortable with being a completely ordinary person.”
-- Veronique Vienne

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“To be enlightened is to know oneself and not run away.”
-- Veronique Vienne

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“The things one wants the most, are not things after all.”
-- Veronique Vienne

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“Cats know everything there is to know about meditation.”
-- Veronique Vienne

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“In America, we believe that our happiness depends on getting breaks, even though being American is already the biggest break we will ever get.”
-- Veronique Vienne

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“Book your life choices in advance the same way you would book flights, car rentals, hotels, and excursions. Figure out early on in your career whether you intend to be financially independent or marry a rich man, join the ranks of the professional elite or be the stay-at- home type, postpone having children or find part-time employment. Then fasten your seat belt and sit tight as you watch your trajectory veer off course.”
-- Veronique Vienne

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“Imagine a different world, one in which people do not spend an inordinate amount of energy fuming against their fate each time they make a mistake. ... though we all agree that to err is human, each of us individually believes that he or she is the exception. ... Make a mistake? Not on my watch!”
-- Veronique Vienne

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“Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.”

“Man is a genius when he is dreaming.”

“Family involvement is a valuable thing and playing together actively can be the '90s version of it. Instead of just watching, you can do it together... something we don't spend enough time on. We can motivate and excite each other about fitness.”

“If you don't acknowledge differences, it's as bad as stereotyping or reducing someone.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“All the different nations in the world, despite their differences of appearance and religion and language and way of life, still have one thing in common, and that is what's inside of all of us. If we X-rayed the insides of different human beings, we wouldn't be able to tell from those X-rays what the person's language or background or race is.”

“But alas, they are all sadly deficient, because they leave us under the domination of political and religious prejudices; and they are as inefficient as the sleepy dose of an ordinary sermon.”

“An ordinary man seeks freedom through enlightenment. An enlightened man expresses freedom through being ordinary.”

“It is not just the history of the Hawaiian islands but the significance of the ordinary people whose lives - many quite extraordinary - make up that history.”

Source : Alan Brennert (2015). “The Hawaii Novels: Moloka'i and Honolulu”, p.852, St. Martin's Press

“I was not content to believe in a personal devil and serve him, in the ordinary sense of the word. I wanted to get hold of him personally and become his chief of staff.”

“Algebra reverses the relative importance of the factors in ordinary language.”