But I was always coming here. I though about one of my favorite Sufi poems, which says that God long ago drew a circle in the sand exactly around the spot where you are standing right now. I was never not coming here. This was never not going to happen.
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Related What would I do if you never came here?' But I was ALWAYS coming here. I thought about one of my fav... ELIZABETH GILBERT Was I always going to be here? No I was not. I was going to be homeless at one time, a taxi driver, ... MORGAN FREEMAN I never really had a childhood. I was around adults all the time. My favorite book when I was eight ... DREW BARRYMORE I knew at an early age I wanted to act. Acting was always easy for me. I don't believe in predestina... MORGAN FREEMAN Oh. That. Look, that was a time long time ago. That’s not going to happen this time. I’m c... MAGGIE STIEFVATER People said the secondary was a weakness here last year. But now it's not. I'm really excited about ... WILL DEMPS I never thought I could win again here on such a difficult course, which is why it means so much to ... HERMANN MAIER One guy that I wish was here right now, Ted Williams, helped me so much, our long talks, not about h... WADE BOGGS Coming from where I came from, I was born naked with no teeth. Now I have everything. RAFAEL DOS ANJOS I think you always have, you know, new players. Every year you see new faces, juniors coming into th... AMELIE MAURESMO One of the things I was hoping to do in the Secretary of the State's Office when I came was to p... SUSAN BYSIEWICZ I kept thinking I was always going to meet the right man, but I never did. Kept waiting for this kni... SAMANTHA FOX I've heard Don Davis before and was glad he was coming here. Good stories are not dated. They're goo... JIM RHODES I never saw this coming. We were coming off a good year and you knew that next year was going to get... JAMEL GUYTON We've never beaten Valley in the tournament, We've always lost to them even when I was playing. We'v... PAUL LANCASTER I was trying to get me one, but the line was a little too long for my liking. Standing in that kind ... DAVID KENNEBREW I'm thrilled. I always believed this was a Chicago show. We did the very first reading here in 2003.... GARY GRIFFIN I've been coming here from Atlanta since I was a baby, and my favorite thing to do was walk around t... CHRIS WATSON When you get to be my age," Maude said "most things were a long time ago. But in here?" She tapped h... LAURA ALDEN Twenty-four hours ago, I was really optimistic about my prospects here. I'm in a little bit of shock... ANDY RODDICK It's a lot of hard work and perseverance finally paying off. When I first got up here in Greeley, it... CHARLIE ADAMS I love long hair. A year ago I was thinking about maybe cutting it, but I don't know. I never wanna ... ANGEL CARTER I spoke to President Bush just a few days ago, ... and told him that I was coming here to be with yo... BILL YOUNG Where the vast cloudless sky was broken by one crow I sat upon a hill - all alone - long ago; But I ... HARRY KEMP As I came closer, it took shape: long, slender, and curling, with numerous heart-shaped leaves. I fe... COLLEEN BOYD If you're gonna leave, I wish you'd just leave. Why do you keep coming back if you're not going to s... BRODI ASHTON I was very much afraid that by coming forward it was going to affect my career. That's what I was wo... MONTEL WILLIAMS Seems like there was one, but it's been a long, long time ago, ... I'm 69 now and I've lived here si... HENRY JORDAN Forgivenesss: It's a miracle drug. It's God's miracle drug. GAYLE FORMAN I half closed my eyes and imagined this was the spot where everything I'd ever lost since my childho... KAZUO ISHIGURO I thought up here this would never happen. Fights happen everywhere, but I thought never a murder he... CAROLYN SCOTT He's not, so we have to get the next long-term charger in and if it's Nico that's great. It's a real... MARK WEBBER I can see where they wouldn't want this to happen, but when you get up around $4,000 ... I don't hav... FRED LAWRENCE I was not descending in a plane, coming Home. I was watching an alien world as it ascended tow... JAKE WOOD I heard it. I grew up coming to this place. I never imagined that would ever happen to me. Obviously... LARRY BROWN I was horribly bookish, to the point of coming right out and saying it, which I knew was not sociall... DAVID LEVITHAN I was horribly bookish, to the point of coming right out and saying it, which I knew was not sociall... RACHEL COHN Everyone was friendly, helpful and I always enjoyed coming here. There always were good horses here,... JOE ALEXANDER I can't imagine what it was like coming here. By the time I was born, my family was pretty well adju... SOPHEENG TOUN I was still keenly aware as in my childhood of the inexplicable nature of my presence here on earth;... SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR My first instrument was my voice. I was always singing and writing melodies when I was a little kid.... XAVIER RUDD I never really dreamed this would happen five years ago. I knew I was going to go somewhere eventual... JASON GAREY Look. (Grown-ups skip this paragraph) I'm not about to tell you this book has a tragic ending. I alr... WILLIAM GOLDMAN Whenever you fly into Louisville, you see a sign that says, 'It's Possible Here.' I reme... BRYSON TILLER Agreed," I say. "It's going to be a long hour." "Maybe not that long," says Peeta." what was th... SUZANNE COLLINS Merrill Lynch was down about $20 at one point. I'm sitting here with my hard hat on, watching things... BILL FRIES Tomorrow’ is the thing that’s always coming but never arrives. ‘Today’ is the thing that’s... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH I just think it would have been the right thing to do. I've been denied before on this type of thing... JOE BARRY I was never freaked out about what was going to happen to me. But I always believed in my heart (Arm... BILL STAPLETON There was no Groundlings or Upright Citizens Brigade where I was from. Looking back on it, I was try... DANA CARVEY Sometimes we meet people and are so symbiotic with them, it’s as if we are one person, with one mi... GAYLE FORMAN Mike's shot drew right to left, and I could see it heading to the flag. We were looking into the sun... GARY SKRINAR I was in the process of tying it to my fishing rod, when I turn around and this Coast Guard boat was... CHRISTOPHER BROOKS I felt a little nervous when the album was coming out because I did it with Joel and Benji [Madden],... HILARY DUFF This means a lot. Ever since I was a little kid, I'd thought about coming up here and getting to the... BEN EVANS As I started working out and getting in shape just in case I was coming back I was like, you know wh... TOM NUTTEN I had a feeling this was coming three years ago. This is the most ridiculous situation. He says one ... HILLY KRISTAL A lot of the artists that are coming out right now are sticking to the formula of guns, drugs, money... JOHN CENA I never even dreamed about this when I was a freshman. But I've learned that nothing is impossible. ... ALYSSA LAMPE My favorite toy growing up was Polly Pocket. But one gift that I wanted though never received for Ch... LUCY HALE That was the only time, as I stood there, looking at that strange rubbish, feeling the wind coming a... KAZUO ISHIGURO The big thing was not coming in here and getting swept. DOUG MIRABELLI I was going to ruin everything, right here and right now. I’m really not good with impulse control... RICHELLE MEAD This job has explained to me who I am -- I'm not kidding, ... I always knew I was an actor, but kind... CRAIG FERGUSON I was at my locker in West Palm pretty upset with the way things were going, and in walked Paul Snyd... DALE MURPHY I knew Elizabeth Taylor when she didn't know where her next husband was coming from ANNE BAXTER It was all flames. There was a fire coming out of the window here, all at the top here ... And right... JOHN RAY Whether or not one agrees with that, that's where he is coming from. What will have to happen, is th... BRUCE DUNGAN I took my head up before I shot, and I knew exactly where I was going with the puck. It seemed that ... JOE CORVO I never thought then I'd be doing what I'm doing now. At my high school, being on the girls ... KATE VOEGELE One year ago I won my first World Cup here and until now that was the most important moment of my li... MICHAEL GREIS I definitely got confidence from that race in particular, but I was nervous coming in here. In New Y... COLLEEN WETHERBEE It wasn’t that everything was going my way, but I began to believe that the way it was going was p... THE HIPPIE I was just hoping that I would still have my son. Which he is, he is still here. He has a long way t... GRACE JACKSON Today was a pretty boring, uneventful round of golf, but I'm thrilled. I never felt like it was mine... VAUGHN TAYLOR I've never been more embarrassed. One of the reasons I came here was the tradition of Ohio State, an... ANTHONY GONZALEZ It's been good for me. Full circle. Eighteen years ago, I was able to pitch my first game here. AL LEITER That's my spot - in the corner. I was on my way here. My back would have been right there. DAVID BENTLEY It was not any grace in me, but God that put this earnest care into my heart, that I should be one o... SAINT PATRICK And that was what I was asking to happen and I was told that the indictment would be signed, but I w... TONY GREIG I was bummed, but I'm happy for him, ... I told him, 'I just want you to go where you're happy. Obvi... STEVE NASH London has this culture of the theatre that is so big, it was a like a dream - but I never had a tho... ELENA ROGER In high school I was the dog, always, and I never have felt comfortable or right in my body, and par... POPPY Z. BRITE I like the au naturel thing you have going on. Girls don't come over here like that." "I was co... JAMIE MCGUIRE Avast talking about me as though I were not standing here. LISA NORATO I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath... ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER You have taken my son, and I know you did because God told me you did. Someone that's precious to me... GLORIA MOORE You get sick of coming here and losing -- knowing you don't even have a chance to win. It [says] som... AUBREY HUFF That was my main thing coming here, to be with a young team, a team that has the potential to win a ... DERRICK MASON Leave the problems of God to God and karma to karma. Today you're here and nothing you do will chang... JAMES CLAVELL When I first started recording, I was told by all of the experts in the business that the kind of mu... TOM SCHOLZ I'm not extremely outgoing, but I'm average, I think. When people meet me they'll say, &... ALESSIA CARA The last thing I would do to this country is to even put my personal interests about the country'... WAEL GHONIM Now all you parents who are saying, 'Come on.' I'm now going to throw it back at you. Where are the ... BILL COSBY Everybody reads for me. I was never weird about that. I never minded coming in and reading. They sho... JODIE FOSTER This was the second-windiest Key West in which I've competed and I've been coming here a long time. ... DAVE ULLMAN I got a strong feeling while I was skating here that this was going to be one last highlight for my ... SHIZUKA ARAKAWA Its been a crazy ride. A couple of tournaments ago I wasn't even supposed to be here. But I got a Ma... CHRIS BARNES
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ELIZABETH GILBERT Unfenced by law, the unmarried lover can quit a bad relationship at any time. But you - the legally ... ELIZABETH GILBERT Ketut, why is life all crazy like this?" I asked my medicine man the next day...So what can we do ab... ELIZABETH GILBERT My career started young and I was really ambitious, and then I had success and I hung out with peopl... ELIZABETH GILBERT Man, they got mosquitoes 'round this place big enough to rape a chicken. ELIZABETH GILBERT You were given life; it is your duty (and also your entitlement as a human being) to find something ... ELIZABETH GILBERT I have my own set of survival techniques. I am patient. I know how to pack light. But my one might t... ELIZABETH GILBERT I think you have every right to cherry-pick when it comes to moving your spirit and finding peace in... ELIZABETH GILBERT God dwells within you, as you. ELIZABETH GILBERT Look for God, suggests my Guru. Look for God like a man with his head on fire looks for water. ELIZABETH GILBERT Dear me, how I love a library. ELIZABETH GILBERT That’s the thing about a human life-there’s no control group, no way to ever know how any of us ... ELIZABETH GILBERT There's a reason we refer to "leaps of faith" - because the decision to consent to any notion of div... ELIZABETH GILBERT Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark. If we truly knew all the answers in advanc... ELIZABETH GILBERT I think sometimes we look at other people's marriages and we think they must always be so happy ... ELIZABETH GILBERT In a world of disorder and disaster and fraud, sometimes only beauty can be trusted. Only artistic e... ELIZABETH GILBERT يعتقد المرء أن توأم الروح هو الشخص الأنسب له ، وهذا ماي�... ELIZABETH GILBERT Still it is true that many same-sex couples want nothing more than to join society as fully integrat... ELIZABETH GILBERT There's no trouble in this world so serious that it can't be cured with a hot bath, a glass of whisk... ELIZABETH GILBERT Nothing in the last few years has dazzled me more than Hilary Mantel's 'Wolf Hall,' whic... ELIZABETH GILBERT I was suffering the easily foreseeable consequences. Addiction is the hallmark of every infatuation-... ELIZABETH GILBERT [Saint Anthony] said, in his solitude, he sometimes encountered devils who looked like angels, and o... ELIZABETH GILBERT I think it's unfortunate that there exists only one path in America to complete social legitimac... ELIZABETH GILBERT Part of the elasticity that you need, in order to continue to try to create, is the foregone conclus... ELIZABETH GILBERT stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be... ELIZABETH GILBERT He showed me a sketch he'd drawn once during meditation. It was an androgynous human figure, standin... ELIZABETH GILBERT The great Sufi poet and philosopher Rumi once advised his students to write down the three things th... ELIZABETH GILBERT The ingredients of both darkness and light are equally present in all of us,...The madness of this p... ELIZABETH GILBERT You have the opposite of poker face. You have like.. miniature golf face. ELIZABETH GILBERT Moreover, I have boundary issues with men. Or maybe that’s not fair to say. To have issues with bo... ELIZABETH GILBERT Yet what keeps me from dissolving right now into a complete fairy-tale shimmer is this solid truth, ... ELIZABETH GILBERT He lived in sight of both worlds, but he looked toward the unknown. And he was a scholar.... You can... ELIZABETH GILBERT The Augusteum warns me not to get attached to any obsolete ideas about who I am, what I represent, w... ELIZABETH GILBERT One year, Alma bought Prudence- who liked to draw flowers (beautifully, though not 'accurately')- a ... ELIZABETH GILBERT Let me ask you something, in all the years that you have...undressed in front of a gentleman has he ... ELIZABETH GILBERT Before you realize this truth, say the Yogis, you will always be in despair, a notion nicely express... ELIZABETH GILBERT What worked yesterday doesn't always work today. ELIZABETH GILBERT This is what rituals are for. We do spiritual ceremonies as human beings in order to create a safe r... ELIZABETH GILBERT In the end, though, maybe we must all give up trying to pay back people in this world who sustain ou... ELIZABETH GILBERT Alma had grown as tall as a man by now, with broad shoulders. ... This need not have necessarily pre... ELIZABETH GILBERT We have hands; we can stand on them if we want to. That's our privilege. That's the joy of a mortal ... ELIZABETH GILBERT Pardon me, sir," Prudence said, directing her words and her placid gaze precisely at Professor Peck,... ELIZABETH GILBERT There’s this human capacity for joy and endurance, even when things are at their worst. A joy that... ELIZABETH GILBERT When it comes to developing a worldview, we tend to face this false division: Either you are a reali... ELIZABETH GILBERT People tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will descend like fine weath... ELIZABETH GILBERT I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productiv... ELIZABETH GILBERT This food won't be wasted; after the offering ceremony, Balinese families are always allowed to eat ... ELIZABETH GILBERT But doesn't that make sense? That the infinite would be, indeed... infinite? That even the most holy... ELIZABETH GILBERT I got to tell you, I think (deifying artists) was a huge error. You know, I think that allowing some... ELIZABETH GILBERT I will tell you why we have these extraordinary minds and souls, Miss Whittaker," he continued, as t... ELIZABETH GILBERT The inability to open up to hope is what blocks trust, and blocked trust is the reason for blighted ... ELIZABETH GILBERT