Quotes about "Mindfulness & Presence"

Eurasia is home to most of the world's politically assertive and dynamic states. ”

I don't approve of the notion that we should be announcing who should step down from the position of a head of a state unless we are seriously prepared to remove that person. But if we are not, if we are being prudent and careful, then let's also be careful with how we talk. ”

There's no point considering something which is very unrealistic. ”

We should be therefore supporting a larger Europe, and in so doing we should strive to expand the zone of peace and prosperity in the world which is the necessary foundation for a stable international system in which our leadership could be fruitfully exercised. ”

Economically, we are, to some significant degree, interdependent with Chinese well-being. That is a great asset. ”

To increase the zone of peace is to build the inner core of a stable international zone. ”

But if Russia is to be part of this larger zone of peace it cannot bring into it its imperial baggage. It cannot bring into it a policy of genocide against the Chechens, and cannot kill journalists, and it cannot repress the mass media. ”

I worry about not being able to be myself day to day. But I know people way more famous than me who have been able to do that. ”

I've had acting teachers say, 'If you want to do anything else but act, that means you're not an actor,' which I think is stupid! ”

I think what happens with a lot of writing and art is that specificity ends up being relatable while universality becomes vague. ”