Vera Nazarian quotes

Patience is not a virtue. It is an achievement. (Vera Nazarian)
The world is shaped by two things - stories told and the memories they leave behind. View quote
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The heartland lies where the heart longs to be. Sometimes it takes a lifetime to find the true place to plant it. View quote
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Being smart as a whip includes knowing when not to crack it. View quote
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When tough times come, it is particularly important to offset them with much gentle softness. Be a pillow. View quote
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Neither sugar nor salt tastes particularly good by itself. Each is at its best when used to season other things. Love is the same way. Use it to "season" people. View quote
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Never look directly at the sun. Instead, look at the sunflower. View quote
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Freedom is not a license to act but a license to exercise free choices in any given situation. View quote
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A tornado of thought is unleashed after each new insight. This in turn results in an earthquake of assumptions. These are natural disasters that re-shape the spirit. View quote
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Unlike a fountain that circulates the same water in an enclosed, perpetually recycling system, a human being circulates thoughts in an unlimited reservoir of self. Don't limit yourself to being a mere fountain when you contain an ocean. View quote
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Desire is like fog on a bathroom mirror -- its presence incites you to wipe the mirror, and see yourself clearly again. (Vera Nazarian)
Sometimes, being true to yourself means changing your mind. Self changes, and you follow. View quote
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A fine glass vase goes from treasure to trash, the moment it is broken. Fortunately, something else happens to you and me. Pick up your pieces. Then, help me gather mine. View quote
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Was it you or I who stumbled first? It does not matter. The one of us who finds the strength to get up first, must help the other. View quote
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When you reach for the stars, you are reaching for the farthest thing out there. When you reach deep into yourself, it is the same thing, but in the opposite direction. If you reach in both directions, you will have spanned the universe. View quote
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If Music is a Place -- then Jazz is the City, Folk is the Wilderness, Rock is the Road, Classical is a Temple. View quote
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Would you like to know your future? If your answer is yes, think again. Not knowing is the greatest life motivator. So enjoy, endure, survive each moment as it comes to you in its proper sequence -- a surprise. View quote
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Love -- not dim and blind but so far-seeing that it can glimpse around corners, around bends and twists and illusion; instead of overlooking faults love seesthem to the secret inside. View quote
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A woman is human. She is not better, wiser, stronger, more intelligent, more creative, or more responsible than a man. Likewise, she is never less. Equality is a given. A woman is human. View quote
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There's a difference between playing and playing games. The former is an act of joy, the latter - an act. View quote
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A choir is made up of many voices, including yours and mine. If one by one all go silent then all that will be left are the soloists. Don't let a loud few determine the nature of the sound. It makes for poor harmony and diminishes the song. (Vera Nazarian)
In the kingdom of glass everything is transparent, and there is no place to hide a dark heart. View quote
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Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light. View quote
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Sunrise paints the sky with pinks and the sunset with peaches. Cool to warm. So is the progression from childhood to old age. View quote
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To every rule there is an exception-and an idiot ready to demonstrate it. Don't be the one! View quote
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