Trying hard to relax is a contradiction
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To try harder to relax is a contradiction.
JIM GENOVESE Jim is a likable guy. He is a man of compassion. He is not a pushy fellow. Jim is trying his best to...
BILL SUTTON You know," Daddy said, "it's some that can live their whole life out without asking about it and it'...
FLANNERY O'CONNOR We think this is truly a body blow, not only to the (Genovese family) membership, but the leadership...
MARK MERSHON Just relax. Everyone around you is working too hard.
BAUVARD When every moment is constantly being filmed, it's hard to relax.
KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN Coming off the day I had, I was just trying to relax and not do too much. With guys like (Josh) Rodr...
AARON LUNA It hasn't quite really sunk in. But right now it feels good, and I'm trying to relax and catch my br...
CHRIS MASON I maintain the importance of an absolute prohibition against torture, while acknowledging that even ...
JULIAN BAGGINI It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine.
HERACLITUS It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine
HERACLITUS OF EPHESUS Love is a contradiction.
CASSANDRA CLARE Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.
BLAISE PASCAL Yury, Jim, Susan, I know it's a tough day. I know it's hard to say good-bye.
FRANK CULBERTSON Jim earned this by working hard all year long. The school is so fortunate to have another state spee...
JEN GREEN Make a commitment and work hard now. You will have all the time to party and relax after u have done...
HIKARI I'm sort of the comic relief after a hard day at work. My message is that it's OK to relax.
LARRY KING I know it's hard to say this, but you've got to keep saying it, that is to relax and deal with it,
RUDY GIULIANI Good morning is a contradiction of terms.
JIM DAVIS Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.
GROUCHO MARX Good morning is a contradiction of terms
JIM DAVIS Jim had spent most of his life alone. The solitary nature of his disability and the constant moving ...
BONNIE DEE Hurling the box released some of his anger. It felt good so he swept his arm across the top of his d...
BONNIE DEE How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful.
EVANS G. VALENS [No doubt Judd, 32, was the supervising nurse. Friends say the former backup dancer is trying to tea...
TINA LANDON Relax! Life is beautiful!
DAVID L. WOLPER Flight is intolerable contradiction.
MURIEL RUKEYSER Trying your best is beneficial; trying too hard is detrimental.
JIM GENOVESE This is a contradiction in terms, of course.
DIANE ROBERTS To arrive at a contradiction is to confess an error in one's thinking; to maintain a contradicti...
AYN RAND The world is a contradiction, the universe a paradox.
KEDAR JOSHI The world is a contradiction; the universe a paradox.
KEDAR JOSHI To call a man evangelical who is not evangelistic is an utter contradiction.
G. CAMPBELL MORGAN Life is a contradiction at times - as are we
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY In six years, this was not the first time they had found themselves in
such a compromising posi...
JACQUELINE FRANCIS - WANTING TO REMEMBER, TRYING TO FORGET We don't care who we wrestle. This is a together squad and I told them to relax and have fun. They'v...
MARK MEARS So you're trying to make her happy despite the fact that the reason she's unhappy in the first place...
CASSANDRA CLARE A gentleman with a pug nose is a contradiction in terms.
EDGAR ALLAN POE Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play.
J.R. RIM Heroism works in contradiction to the voice of mankind and in contradiction, for a time, to the voic...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON Life is a re-discovery.
BRIAN BLESSED If you think that life is a celebration full of party poppers and merry go rounds it's not it's a ga...
GARY F EVANS... Life Is a Misconception.
DEYTH BANGER Life is a desire!
DEYTH BANGER To trust someone you must firstly remember that it is a two way street that will go all the way if y...
GARY F EVANS... It is a lie.
ARTHUR MILLER When you get up, the night and day is a contradiction. But you get up at 4 A.M. That first blush of ...
SHEKHAR KAPUR He started to relax a little bit. He's been working hard with [hitting coach] Troy [Gingrich], so it...
RANDY KNORR These children are trying so hard. We're trying so hard.
BIRDIE HARRISON There were many things he had to tell her, but what he really needed to say was simple. “I’ve mi...
BONNIE DEE When he finally broke off the kiss and moved his lips to her neck, then her breast again, sucking he...
BONNIE DEE She gazed back at him, her mouth open, gasping for air. Her white blouse rose and fell with each pan...
BONNIE DEE But, after one quick trace of his tongue between her lips, he abruptly pulled away and stepped back ...
BONNIE DEE Catherine glimpsed him again, leaning against the wall, arms folded. People passed back and forth be...
BONNIE DEE She turned to go back inside the livery stable. The excitement with which she’d
entered it le...
BONNIE DEE I’m sorry. No.” Her mouth continued to move, too fast, pouring out a stream of
explanation ...
BONNIE DEE All of a sudden, she was there, breaking away from the little group of women and running toward him....
BONNIE DEE What bothers me is that Jim Bakker lies. Jim Bakker knows for a fact that I was virgin.
JESSICA HAHN Trying too hard will detach you from yourself. Take sometime out, and let time decide for you!
SOMYA KEDIA The girls are excited. They've worked hard to get to this point. I told them to relax and enjoy it a...
DINA GRAVES Often, when Jim Carrey plays it straight, all of the vitality is drained from his face; he looks lik...
ELVIS MITCHELL I'm not comfortable with making an honorary name for Jim Kelly on Mason Road. I think Charles Mason ...
GARRY THOMAS To relax is to show faith.
JIM GENOVESE That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the h...
FREDA ADLER I have never agreed with my other self wholly. The truth of the matter seems to lie between us.
KAHLIL GIBRAN No private detective looks like a private detective. That's one of the first rules of private detect...
DOUGLAS ADAMS Every trying hard loser is a champion while the game is not over.
JECON B. NADELA Perfect is the enemy of good.
VOLTAIRE You don't need to kill Jim Sullivan. Part of Jim Sullivan is already dead. Your verdict ... ensured ...
JOSH MOORE Teamwork is the quintessential contradiction of a society grounded in individual achievement.
MARVIN R. WEISBORD Trying to hard impedes progress.
JIM GENOVESE Eventually I came across another passage. This is what it said:
I am not commanding you, but I ...
NICHOLAS SPARKS To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I will never forget the vision of Jamie walking towards me.
NICHOLAS SPARKS As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, the...
NICHOLAS SPARKS You don't have to learn much out of books, it's like if you want to learn about cows, you go milk on...
HARPER LEE You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them.
HARPER LEE Who cares about tomorrow?
What more is tomorrow,
than another day?
(-The Avett Brothe...
COLLEEN HOOVER Dixon Steele: You know, when you first walked into the police station, I said to myself, “There sh...
DOROTHY B. HUGHES My children say, 'Hey Dad, you've worked hard all your life. This is a good time for you to relax an...
EVEGELIO BALAN Jim is first, last and always a gentleman,
KATHY HALL We are all on a boat in the river of life, some relax and see where it takes them and others row har...
MAHMOOD HASHIMI The adrenaline levels are still so high. My body hasn't had a chance to relax, so it makes all the h...
GIAAN ROONEY We needed to come back tonight, and play hard and relax; just remember hockey's about having fun out...
JEFF COREY For me, my life is a journey.
JAY ELECTRONICA When a contradiction is impossible to resolve except by a lie, then we know that it is really a door...
SIMONE WEIL The illusion is reality. The only contradiction is the observer.
LIONEL SUGGS No effort is too much when we are trying to restart our day.
JIM GENOVESE Our lives are just a series of moments. Past moments are unchangeable, future moments are unknowable...
JIM GENOVESE When I solve myself, I fix my world.
JIM GENOVESE I deserve every good thing I am willing to work for.
JIM GENOVESE A preconceived notion is like having tunnel vision. You miss a lot.
JIM GENOVESE No matter what happens to us in our life, it's our thinking that determines its quality.
JIM GENOVESE Telling people how to get better is aggressive; answering them when they ask is kind.
JIM GENOVESE Better to be busy, than bored.
JIM GENOVESE Love is like a boomerang, each time you send it out, it comes back to you.
JIM GENOVESE The easiest way to get someone to love you, is love them first.
JIM GENOVESE When you judge others, you judge yourself.
JIM GENOVESE Art is a personal expression of life. Good art clearly represents this and bad art doesn't, therefor...
JIM GENOVESE The answers are always there if you open your heart and your mind.
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No effort is too much when we are trying to restart our day.
JIM GENOVESE Our lives are just a series of moments. Past moments are unchangeable, future moments are unknowable...
JIM GENOVESE When I solve myself, I fix my world.
JIM GENOVESE I deserve every good thing I am willing to work for.
JIM GENOVESE A preconceived notion is like having tunnel vision. You miss a lot.
JIM GENOVESE No matter what happens to us in our life, it's our thinking that determines its quality.
JIM GENOVESE Telling people how to get better is aggressive; answering them when they ask is kind.
JIM GENOVESE Better to be busy, than bored.
JIM GENOVESE Love is like a boomerang, each time you send it out, it comes back to you.
JIM GENOVESE The easiest way to get someone to love you, is love them first.
JIM GENOVESE When you judge others, you judge yourself.
JIM GENOVESE Art is a personal expression of life. Good art clearly represents this and bad art doesn't, therefor...
JIM GENOVESE The answers are always there if you open your heart and your mind.
JIM GENOVESE Accept the challenges life presents you. Welcome them into your heart, dance with them; then thankfu...
JIM GENOVESE Questions without answers are useless. Answers without questions are useless. Questions with answers...
JIM GENOVESE Rather than redoubling an effort that is not working, reassess the problem instead.
JIM GENOVESE Opposites define each other and are inextricably intertwined.
JIM GENOVESE Paint what you love, and you'll love what you paint.
JIM GENOVESE When God paints with me, my work is divine, and when I paint alone its not.
JIM GENOVESE Courtesy is the grease that lubricates society.
JIM GENOVESE You cannot grow a lotus on a granite rock. So too you cannot grow loving kindness in a granite heart...
JIM GENOVESE Remember me not for great deeds, but great kindness.
JIM GENOVESE We all have been given an inner voice to guide us. All we have to do is listen.
JIM GENOVESE When emotions shout down intuition, think, then act. When intuition prevails, act then think.
JIM GENOVESE A skill you don't use, you'll lose.
JIM GENOVESE The only way I can bounce back is to hit bottom.
JIM GENOVESE Like the wreckage of a house after a hurricane, the wreckage of a life must be cleaned up before a n...
JIM GENOVESE Focus on the present because you will live there the rest of your life.
JIM GENOVESE It's encouraging to know you have choices, but discouraging to know you can't blame others.
JIM GENOVESE Respond, don't react.
JIM GENOVESE Don't expect perfection, it will never happen. You can expect progress if you keep working at it.
JIM GENOVESE Everything takes too long for someone who is impatient.
JIM GENOVESE To conquer the dragon of fear, you must have the courage to crawl into his mouth, thereby conquering...
JIM GENOVESE Learning is maximised when the number of errors you make equals the number correct.
JIM GENOVESE Listen with your ears, your nose, your eyes, your skin, because every sensation has something to say...
JIM GENOVESE There is no knowledge so great it can't be improved.
JIM GENOVESE When you can't win, and when you can't lose, open your heart and mind. There may be another solution...
JIM GENOVESE If I focus on my own defects, other's defects won't bother me.
JIM GENOVESE Don't fight your defects of character, but try to understand them. That way you'll be better able to...
JIM GENOVESE Patient, consistent effort solves problems.
JIM GENOVESE Beware of solving the problem, but not finding the best solution. The best is always simple.
JIM GENOVESE Don't seek a solution, seek the best solution.
JIM GENOVESE We all ready know all the answers, we just can't find them.
JIM GENOVESE When you find the best solution it is often very easy, and everyone will say 'Anyone could do that.'
JIM GENOVESE Worry is a thief that steals the energy needed to solve the problem.
JIM GENOVESE Letting fear run your life leads to a short term solution and a long term problem.
JIM GENOVESE Most often the solution is not hard. The hard part is recognizing the problem.
JIM GENOVESE If you don't investigate a problem before solving it, any solution will do.
JIM GENOVESE I can't solve the problems of the world, but being the best person I can be will certainly lessen th...
JIM GENOVESE Don't waste energy feeling sorry for yourself; use it to solve the problem.
JIM GENOVESE If I learn from my mistakes, I turn problems into rewards.
JIM GENOVESE Seek the problem, and the solution becomes evident.
JIM GENOVESE While problem solving, think slower to move faster.
JIM GENOVESE The problem is not where you are, but what you are.
JIM GENOVESE If a problem is easy to solve, the progress is fast, and the reward is small. If the problem is hard...
JIM GENOVESE Sometimes it will take more time, sometims less, but in time I will always solve the problem.
JIM GENOVESE You have to know what the problem is before you can solve it.
JIM GENOVESE I really don't know anything, but I am learning a lot.
JIM GENOVESE Life is good if you think it is.
JIM GENOVESE To use your whole brain, quiet the raucous conscious mind so the unconscious one can think.
JIM GENOVESE Finding the solution to a problem is really more about understanding the problem than the solution.
JIM GENOVESE Time brings the answers to all problems
JIM GENOVESE Go with the flow even if there are rapids ahead.
JIM GENOVESE How to get things done:
1. Do it yourself if you can even if it makes you uncomfortable, 2. If you c...
JIM GENOVESE Yesterday is full of sorrow and regret, tomorrow is full of fear, but today is full of happiness, if...
JIM GENOVESE Fear invokes resistance. Gentleness invokes cooperation.
JIM GENOVESE Self esteem is telling yourself the truth about the good in you. Pride is lying to yourself about th...
JIM GENOVESE To be an artist there are three steps: first, learn technique, second learn art principles, and thir...
JIM GENOVESE Art should come from the soul, not the mind.
JIM GENOVESE A work of art is influenced by who the artist is, the culture he lives in, and the subject being pai...
JIM GENOVESE Without light, there can be no artwork
JIM GENOVESE You learn art by doing art while focusing on improvement.
JIM GENOVESE Art speaks to people without words, one soul to another.
JIM GENOVESE The enemy within is like a ghost - hard to see and even harder to believe exists.
JIM GENOVESE Practising mistakes really improves my ability to make them.
JIM GENOVESE Practice without direction achieves little.
JIM GENOVESE It is better to live in your heart than your head.
JIM GENOVESE I can't figure out why people's personalities change from pleasant to aggravating when they disagree...
JIM GENOVESE Observe your thoughts, perceptions, and physical responses to become enlightened.
JIM GENOVESE Part of the process of getting what you want is learning what you don't want.
JIM GENOVESE Trying to change things we can't is as frustrating as accepting things we can.
JIM GENOVESE The other person's reactions are their problem, but my reaction can become mine.
JIM GENOVESE Until you can see the big picture, the individual parts won't make sense.
JIM GENOVESE The past is full of of regret, the future fear, and the present joy.
JIM GENOVESE Engage life! That's the only way to fully enjoy it.
JIM GENOVESE Dive into the river of the present, but don't thrash about, go with the flow.
JIM GENOVESE Don't resist life, flow with it.
JIM GENOVESE Stay in the present. It is here we learn from our past, and create our future.
JIM GENOVESE Technique is only the beginning not the end in learning art.
JIM GENOVESE It is enough knowing the problem to solve the problem.
JIM GENOVESE Focus on your big problems and pay attention to your small ones.
JIM GENOVESE The simplest solution is the best.
JIM GENOVESE Don't wait for the right time to do something because it never comes.
JIM GENOVESE If what I am doing isn't working, I must change what I am doing to improve the situation.
JIM GENOVESE Reality never changes; its how we think about it that determines how we feel about it.
JIM GENOVESE Fixing personality defects is like removing weeds. It is not enough to get rid of what you see; you ...
JIM GENOVESE Complaining never cured anything.
JIM GENOVESE Logic sucks. It ruins the illusions I create so I don't have to take responsibility.
JIM GENOVESE Try not, be.
JIM GENOVESE Honesty is the best defense.
JIM GENOVESE When life seems to be moving to fast, you need to slow down.
JIM GENOVESE If you focus on the next task, you'll never be overwhelmed.
JIM GENOVESE The feelings of uncertainty and defeat are signposts that victory is just ahead.
JIM GENOVESE I am of two minds: the thinking mind and the experiencing mind.
JIM GENOVESE Your never to old to grow young.
JIM GENOVESE Carefully pick your projects, because you create your life with them.
JIM GENOVESE There are only two ways to learn patience - slowly and not at all.
JIM GENOVESE Everything takes too long for a person who is impatient.
JIM GENOVESE Time is our most valuable asset, because everything else is earned by spending it.
JIM GENOVESE Each person is his or her's own business. Our products are knowledge, ability, and skills; our profi...
JIM GENOVESE Action is the solution for worry.
JIM GENOVESE I can only tell you my truth. You will still have to discover your own.
JIM GENOVESE The fallacy with the phrase 'us verses them' is there is no them.
JIM GENOVESE Beware! The mask you wear will eat your face and that is what you'll be.
JIM GENOVESE Speculation is just premeditated disappointment.
JIM GENOVESE You cannot see the things to come that are beyond your experience.
JIM GENOVESE I used to be so bad I was good, now I am so good I'm bad.
JIM GENOVESE Your perception is the only thing determining whether your life is good or bad.
JIM GENOVESE You're the only one who knows your world.
JIM GENOVESE Reality as we perceive it is a small pinch of truth, and a large dose of our thoughts.
JIM GENOVESE I think, therefore it is.
JIM GENOVESE Look at what a person does, not what they say.
JIM GENOVESE The measure of a person is not what they say but what they do.
JIM GENOVESE The world within and the world without, are inextricably bound by perception.
JIM GENOVESE The mind intermingles thoughts and perceptions giving thoughts priority. Therein lies our problems, ...
JIM GENOVESE I am only limited by what I haven't yet learned
JIM GENOVESE Life is more like dancing than wrestling if you follow its rhythm.
JIM GENOVESE Know yourself, because that is where your answers are.
JIM GENOVESE Change is an enemy or friend, depending on whether I am happy or sad.
JIM GENOVESE When everyone looks weird to you, who's weird?
JIM GENOVESE To know yourself is to know the world.
JIM GENOVESE The universe within us is the gateway to the universe outside us.
JIM GENOVESE I don't know about this guy Santa, but I sure like him.
JIM GENOVESE Death is the reward for living.
JIM GENOVESE Escape the prison of your thoughts into the vastness of reality.
JIM GENOVESE The more you engage life, the more you live life.
JIM GENOVESE Luck is another name for God.
JIM GENOVESE Parenting is helping your child become all he or she can be.
JIM GENOVESE If you don't ask the right question, you'll never get the right answer.
JIM GENOVESE While your hair grows grey, whether you want it to or not, your wisdom only grows if you want it to ...
JIM GENOVESE If life gives you a squabble of children, let me make a game.
JIM GENOVESE A gift wrapped in strings, not ribbons is not a gift.
JIM GENOVESE Curiosity is a great teacher.
JIM GENOVESE If I could just stop being a bad influence on myself, I know I could be better.
JIM GENOVESE People try to find themselves by looking outward for solutions when the answers lie within.
JIM GENOVESE Any virtue taken to the extreme becomes a vice; unfortunately it doesn't work the other way.
JIM GENOVESE Judge a person not on what they say they are going to do but on what they accomplish.
JIM GENOVESE If you are embroiled in a emotional storm do what you must to get to the calm eye of the storm. Life...
JIM GENOVESE When the answer is beyond what I know, I must open my mind and heart to find it.
JIM GENOVESE The only thing you'll ever need to change your life is you.
JIM GENOVESE When working with a group, I can only meet my needs by meeting the group's needs too.
JIM GENOVESE A pessimist is someone who expects the worst, and is disgruntled when it doesn't happen.
JIM GENOVESE Only the present is real.
JIM GENOVESE The path most walked on is the easiest one to use, but probably not the best.
JIM GENOVESE Expertise is made up of more practice and more refinement.
JIM GENOVESE God gives us enemies so we will appreciate those who love us.
JIM GENOVESE Trying to control people is like trying to heard cats. It's not a good idea.
JIM GENOVESE Do your part, and God will do the rest.
JIM GENOVESE The level of expertise you reach in any endeavour is limited by your level of interest in it.
JIM GENOVESE Don't expect to have a sane conversation with someone who is acting insanely.
JIM GENOVESE We achieve our best results when instinct and experience meet.
JIM GENOVESE Every face is beautiful when it smiles back.
JIM GENOVESE The time to start is now.
JIM GENOVESE Love your neighbour as you love yourself, only works if you love yourself.
JIM GENOVESE We find what we look for.
JIM GENOVESE Any step in the right direction, no matter how small, is a good step.
JIM GENOVESE Trying to hard impedes progress.
JIM GENOVESE Without challenges and change there can be no progress.
JIM GENOVESE In the bad times, we work hard to change. In the good times, we forget to change.
JIM GENOVESE Failure and success are a team. Failure tells us what doesn't work, and success tells us what does w...
JIM GENOVESE If you are willing to take responsibility for your own misery, then you can stop it.
JIM GENOVESE Your mind expresses your emotions through your body. To know your emotions, know your body.
JIM GENOVESE Keep trying something new. You never know if you like it otherwise.
JIM GENOVESE Failure is a great motivator to open my mind, broaden my scope and learn.
JIM GENOVESE The goal of learning is to practice what you've learned.
JIM GENOVESE Wishes are free, unless you forget they are not real for then they become expensive.
JIM GENOVESE Pay attention least you wander out of reality into the neigborhood of your mind, for the mind is a d...
JIM GENOVESE If you live life to the fullest, you'll never want for anything.
JIM GENOVESE The worst lies are the ones you tell yourself.
JIM GENOVESE The question is not whether the ends justifies the means, or the means justify the ends, but rather ...
JIM GENOVESE Act, don't react.
JIM GENOVESE Your own rules make you vulnerable to exploitation by those who won't abide by them.
JIM GENOVESE Before gathering the facts it is easy to get upset and hard to resolve the issue.
JIM GENOVESE Just because I don't know how to do it, doesn't mean it can't be done.
JIM GENOVESE When you're young, the question is "What can you do for me?" and when you're old the question is "Wh...
JIM GENOVESE Ending my suffering is an inside job.
JIM GENOVESE You can't keep love or misery unless you give them away.
JIM GENOVESE When self interest and community need conflict, let the greater good guide you.
JIM GENOVESE The result of trying to fix others is frustration; the result of trying to fix ourselves is wisdom.
JIM GENOVESE If all become one, each becomes none, but if one is all, then each becomes everything.
JIM GENOVESE Duality is like the head and tail of a coin. In reality both form only one coin.
JIM GENOVESE Take care of yourself because it is an inside job.
JIM GENOVESE You do to yourself what you do to others.
JIM GENOVESE If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right.
JIM GENOVESE Intuition points you in the right direction; hard work gets you there.
JIM GENOVESE You always know the right answer, even before you know the question. The difficulty is finding it in...
JIM GENOVESE Self-will is like a magnifying glass: if you're doing good, it makes the good deed better, but if yo...
JIM GENOVESE Evil and good are Siamese twins, bound at the hip.
JIM GENOVESE Don't waste time thinking about what others should do, but focus thinking about what you can do.
JIM GENOVESE Often the lowest hanging fruit is not the sweetest.
JIM GENOVESE