Quotes about "Mindfulness & Presence"

I just pinch myself, because I think if there's anything I can be proud of, I've survived success, which I think is difficult these days. ”

I can't immediately get all this coverage when my record comes out. The way I sell gold and platinum records is by being on the road. ”

Selling millions of records is great, but at the end of the day it really doesn't bring peace. ”

I think I've been wishing for celebrity for so long that I've got used to being someone who's petitioning the establishment for acceptance... my whole schtick, my whole identity, is so wrapped up in being a petitioner that I don't really know how to react now that petition has been granted. ”

I miss being fawned over by restaurateurs and chefs. ”

I swear, I didn't really go in thinking, 'I'll be the Simon Cowell' of 'Top Chef.' I was just used to being a judge on British food shows where people are much more outspoken and rather rude. That's the culture over here. ”

I tried being a mechanic and I tried catering, but I realized I had even less aptitude for semi-skilled labour than for academic work. ”

I remember my parents being really on me about speaking in a certain way when I was young, I think because they came from a class that aspired to talk like that. ”

Actors don't listen to each other. You're so obsessed with what you're saying or doing that the other person could be talking in Swahili and you wouldn't know. ”

My parents' parents were regular working-class people. I ended up speaking in a certain way, and one gets sidelined into doing certain parts. I think that is really quite narrow-minded. ”