Steps Forward Quotes - Page 3

• No one thought up being. He who thinks he has, step forward.

  Jim Morrison

  Thinking, Steps

  Jim Morrison (1989). “Wilderness”, Vintage

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• The first ghost to leave the world of the dead was Roger. He took a step forward, and turned to look back at Lyra, and laughed in surprise as he found himself turning into the night, the starlight, the air. . .and then he was gone, leaving behind such a vivid little burst of happiness.

  Philip Pullman

  Night, Air, Leaving

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• Was this a betrayal, or was it an act of courage? Perhaps both. Neither one involves forethought: such things take place in an instant, in an eyeblink. This can only be because they have been rehearsed by us already, over and over, in silence and darkness; in such silence, such darkness, that we are ignorant of them ourselves. Blind but sure-footed, we step forward as if into a remembered dance.

  Margaret Atwood

  Betrayal, Silence, Darkness

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• She is sitting on frozen ground wrapped in a blanket, her pale skin shining. She smiles and she stands and without words, she steps forward, opens the blanket, envelops me within it and within her and within myself. She kisses my cheek, the one not torn, she wraps me and she holds me. Her arms are thin but strong. She whispers in my ear, "I'm glad you're here.

  James Frey

  Strong, Kissing, Pale Skin

  James Frey (2004). “A Million Little Pieces”, p.375, Anchor

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• When we seek daily spiritual guidance, we are guided toward the next step forward for our art. Sometimes the step is very small. Sometimes the step is, "Wait. Not now." Sometimes the step is, "Work on something else for a while." When we are open to Divine Guidance, we will receive it. It will come to us as the hunch, the inkling, the itch. It will come to us as timely conversations with others. It will come to us in many ways--but it will come.

  Julia Cameron

  Spiritual, Art, Divine Guidance

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• When demons are required someone will always be found to supply the part, and whether you step forward or are pushed is all the same in the end.

  Margaret Atwood

  Steps, Demon, Ends

  Margaret Atwood (2014). “Stone Mattress: Nine Tales”, p.103, Anchor

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• Utopia lies at the horizon. When I draw nearer by two steps, it retreats two steps. If I proceed ten steps forward, it swiftly slips ten steps ahead. No matter how far I go, I can never reach it. What, then, is the purpose of utopia? It is to cause us to advance.

  Eduardo Galeano

  Lying, Two, Horizon

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• He tells me I look as if I could use a hugand i laugh at him and he ignores me and steps forward and puts his arms around me and hugs me. I warm at the simple pleasure of human contact and for the first time in a long time i actually feel good." (James Frey, pg.38)

  James Frey

  Simple, Long, Laughing

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• Cada logro, cada paso adelante en el conocimiento, es consecuencia del valor, de la dureza contra uno mismo, de la limpieza en relación con uno mismo.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Steps, Cleanliness, Relation

  Friedrich Nietzsche (2010). “On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo”, p.218, Vintage

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• Being a writer is part of a noble tradition, as is being a musician – the last egalitarian and open associations. No matter what happens in terms of fame and fortune, dedication to writing is a marching-step forward from where you were before, when you didn’t care about reaching out to the world, when you weren’t hoping to contribute, when you were just standing there doing some job into which you had fallen.

  Anne Lamott

  Jobs, Writing, Dedication

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• Nobody has to tell nobody nothing,” I say, taking another step forward. “You never were a poet, were you, Todd?” he says.

  Patrick Ness

  Steps, Poet

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• We are always being pushed and squeezed down one road or another. We have no choice but to step forward, and then step forward again, and then step forward again; suddenly we find ourselves on a road we haven't chosen at all.

  Lauren Oliver

  Choices, Steps, Requiem

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• As soon as something like Monty Python's 'The Life of Brian' appears with a Muhammad figure as the main lead, directed by an Arabic Theo van Gogh, the controversial late Dutch filmmaker, we will have taken an enormous step forward.

  Ayaan Hirsi Ali

  Roles, Steps, Muhammad

  "The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam". Book by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, 2004.

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• Most of the books that I've written have been focused on, sort of, the individual, and sort of, either a voice, a personal voice, or a kind of transforming event where they step forward to fight for something they value.

  Caroline Kennedy

  Book, Fighting, Voice

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• La humanidad es una loca contradicción. Nos acepto por lo que somos. No somos tan geniales. Cada vez que damos un paso adelante volvemos al mismo comportamiento primitivo. Estamos destinados a ser así. No es culpa nuestra, simplemente somos así.

  Colin Quinn

  Crazy, Humanity, Who We Are

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• As she watched all of this, Liesel was certain that these were the poorest souls alive. That's what she wrote about them . . . Some looked appealingly at those who had come to observe their humiliation, this prelude to their deaths. Others pleaded for someone, anyone to step forward and catch them in their arms. No one did.

  Markus Zusak

  Soul, Alive, Arms

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• No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get a step forward.

  Amar Bose

  Inspiración, Perseverancia, Fracaso

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• Poner un sello a las cosas te ayuda a decir: "Ayer estuve allí y hoy estoy aquí". Es otro paso adelante, y se siente como otro punto de inflexión y una liberación de la creatividad, y ahora voy a empezar a centrarme en el espectáculo y la producción, las cosas divertidas que vienen con él.

  Shania Twain

  Fun, Creativity, Yesterday

  "Biografía/ Citas personales". www.imdb.com.

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• Then Day reaches out and touches my hand with his. He encloses it in a handshake. And just like that, I am linked with him again, I feel the pulse of our bond and his- tory and love through our hands, like a wave of magic, the return of a long-lost friend. Of something meant to be. The feeling brings tears to my eyes. Perhaps we can take a step forward together. “Hi,” he says. “I’m Daniel.” “Hi,” I reply. “I’m June.

  Marie Lu

  Eye, June, Hands

  Marie Lu (2013). "Campeón: Una novela de leyenda", p.230, Penguin

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• Cecy, ¿qué haces aquí?" Dio un paso adelante y se detuvo en el umbral, mirándose los pies descalzos. "Podría preguntarte lo mismo". "Me gusta hablar con los caballos por la noche. Me hacen buena compañía. Y no deberías andar por ahí en camisón. Hay Lightwoods vagando por estos pasillos.

  Cassandra Clare

  Caballo, Noche, Pies

  Cassandra Clare (2014). "La princesa mecánica", p.248, Simon and Schuster.

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• Okay. Now my skin is really prickling. I've read all the Harry Potter books, all five of them. I don't remember any half-blood prince. "What's this?" Trying to sound casual, I point at the ad, "What's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince?" "That's the latest book," Garth the other trainee, says. "It came out ages ago." I can't help gasping. "There's a sixth Harry Potter?" "There's a seventh out soon!" Diana steps forward eagerly. "And guess what happens at the end of book six-" "Shh!" exclaims Nicole, the other nurse. "Don't tell her!

  Sophie Kinsella

  Book, Blood, Nurse

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• They couldn’t have known that even this was a lie—that we never really choose, not entirely. We are always being pushed and squeezed down one road or another. We have no choice but to step forward, and then step forward again, and then step forward again; suddenly we find ourselves on a road we haven’t chosen at all. But maybe happiness isn’t in the choosing. Maybe it’s in the fiction, in the pretending: that wherever we have ended up is where we intended to be all along.

  Lauren Oliver

  Lying, Choices, Fiction

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• Qhuinn took a step forward, with the intention of stepping in, in the event the Brother locked hands on the SOB’s skinny neck: Someone should probably catch the head before it bounced all over their hosts’ rugs. And the deadweight of the body. Seemed only hospitable.

  J.R. Ward

  Brother, Hands, Events

  J. R. Ward (2013). “Lover at Last: Number 11 in series”, p.405, Hachette UK

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• The Wonderbra is not a step forward for women. Nothing that hurts that much is a step forward for women.

  Nora Ephron

  Hurt, Steps

  "Nora Ephron’s Famous Talk At Wellesley’s Graduation". www.mindingthecampus.org. 1996.

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• Si unas pocas naciones dan un paso adelante y empiezan a cambiar la narrativa de "nosotros y ellos" por la de "todos", veremos un nuevo amanecer. Si unas pocas naciones empiezan a hacer operativo un sistema de verificación del que todos podamos depender y presionan para que todos entren en dicho sistema, todos nos beneficiaremos.

  Jonathan Granoff

  Humanity, Dawn, Benefits

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