Quotes about "Mindfulness & Presence"

I don't usually like teen novels written in the present tense, particularly those told from a first-person viewpoint. Too many writers seem to believe that using either or both devices automatically imbues their stories with deep seriousness and a contemporary feel. ”

There are several occupational hazards for book reviewers, chief among them being the Curse of the Jaded Palate - that sinking feeling when you start reading a new book and begin to suspect that you've seen it all before. ”

So actually I only got a mobile phone the day after I left being Prime Minister. ”

The great advantage of the Lib Dems is precisely that no-one knows what they stand for. ”

I would've loved to have been in a band, but sadly I just wasn't good enough. ”

I learnt a lot in government, and I've learnt a lot since leaving government. The kind of journey of being in government is that you start at your most popular and least capable, and you end at your most capable and least popular. ”

The threat today is not that of the 1930s. It's not big powers going to war with each other. The ravages which fundamentalist political ideology inflicted on the 20th century are memories. The Cold war is over. Europe is at peace, if not always diplomatically. ”

The singers who are the most honest are the ones who become immortalized. ”

When the uncreative tell the creative what to do, it stops being art. ”

I've been a member of the Labour Party sixty five years, and I remain in it, but I think it's all about campaigning for justice and peace, and if you do that, you get a lot of support. ”