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Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings.
The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.
Too many people go through life without pausing to enjoy what they have.
Pausing between stimulus and response allows you to show up in your life.
Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join in.
While I'm gone," Gansey said, pausing, "dream me the world. Something new for every night.
Slow down, especially at the beginning of a speech. You'll get the audience's attention by pausing.
I'll go to see movies, but I also love being at home on my couch and pausing every 10 minutes to pee.
Teaching is an instinctual art, mindful of potential, craving of realizations, a pausing, seamless process.
Pausing a few beats allows the spectators time to savor the experience of the miracle that has just occurred.
A lot of people go straight from denial to despair without pausing in the middle and doing something about it.
I've always worked toward, and felt comfortable with, you know, pausing and guiding the audience on a longer bit.
I cannot stress the importance of pausing to take a few deep breaths throughout the day. It's simple and effective.
A woman of seven and twenty, said Marianne, after pausing a moment, can never hope to feel or inspire affection again.
Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.
Some minds remain open long enough for the truth not only to enter but to pass on through by way of a ready exit without pausing anywhere along the route.
But the very act of pausing in a busy day to pray is an act of weakening pride in my life, acknowledging that I am a dependent creature. I am not self sufficient.
I so want to be able to speak another language. I love the way my friends who are half Italian and half English break from one language into another without even pausing.
I can't believe you know someone named Freaky Pete," said Simon. "I know alot of people," said Luke. "Not that Freaky Pete is strictly people, but I'm hardly one to talk.
At home, people are more likely to be distracted than in a theatrical environment. They're checking their phones, pausing to get a snack, or sometimes jumping from show to show.
This is the key to life: the ability to reflect, the ability to know yourself, the ability to pause for a second before reacting automatically. If you can truly know yourself, you will begin the journey of transformation.
The difference is that with fame comes a spotlight, one which has recently made it impossible to ignore the fact that more and more of those folks we place on pedestals aren't even pausing to consider an option other than lying.
Fine." Magnus stood up. "But," he added, pausing by Alec's chair and leaning in close to him, "you are not trivial." Alec flushed. "If you say so," he said. "I say so," said Magnus, and he turned to follow Isabelle out of the room.
I like to talk about a thing I call a "practiced pause." Just a few moments of pausing allows me to consider a circumstance and take stock of what the best direction might be. Reactions tend to rise from habit and unconsidered action. A Response is considered and thoughtful. My actions are my own and I am, singularly, responsible for what I see, say, feel and exert.
