"Get rid of things or you'll spend your whole life tidying up."
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"Repertory theater is all about being part of the whole, one of the many colors in this vast palette."
"The whole universe is contained within a single human being - you."
"the smallest part is worthy of the whole."
"Psychology is the science of the act of experiencing, and deals with the whole system of such acts as they make up mental life."
"No one knows everything. But together, we know a whole lot."
"One positive thought can change your whole day."
"Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper."
"The whole of life is symbolic because the whole of it has meaning."
"The real you is not a puppet that life pushes around, the real deep down you is the whole universe."
"What happens most deeply inside you is worthy of your whole love."
"Life is one indivisible whole."
"The whole world changes when there's presence - sunlight everywhere - because you're not separate from the world."
"Play and pray; but on the whole do not pray when you are playing and do not play when you are praying."
"I'm not sure anyone can understand a whole life, even their own."
"The whole point to being here, really, is to figure a way to get out."
"You are my courage, as I am your conscience," he whispered. "You are my heart---and I your compassion. We are neither of us whole, alone. Do ye not know that, Sassenach?"
"It's a joy to be recognized and to have people that are interested in what you do. That can pick up your whole day."
"The whole of virtue consists in its practice."
"I'd love to have the whole place swimming in roses"