We must build relationships, get to know one another's children, open our arms rather than close our hearts.
Mandy PatinkinRead
I desperately want to see the day today and do the best I can not miss a shred of sunlight. It'll be over before I know it.
Interpretation
Cherish every moment and make the most of today.
Mandy Patinkin's quote emphasizes the fleeting nature of time and the importance of living fully in the present. It encourages us to embrace each day with enthusiasm and to appreciate the beauty around us, as life is transient and can pass us by before we realize it.
In practice
During a motivational speech about living in the moment.
We must build relationships, get to know one another's children, open our arms rather than close our hearts.
In my prayers every day, which are a combination of Hebrew prayers and Shakespeare and Sondheim lyrics and things people have said to me that I've written down and shoved in my pocket, I also say the name of every person I've ever known who's passed on.
Only through loving and supporting one another, even in the face of unbearable pain and suffering, will this cycle of violence end.
I try to get that across in the work, to try to, if I'm lucky, to make this world a little bit better for all of us before I check out. And that's if I'm lucky, I don't always get to have that privilege but I try always.
I was forced to lie to my father by doctors and relatives. I made that choice and agreed with them, and I will never, ever get over it. If I hear a lie in my life with my children, with my wife, my work, my audiences, I want to annihilate myself, vaporize myself, and wipe myself off the face of the earth.
We must not allow the horrific actions of madmen to cut us off from our humanity.
I always thought every day was a gift, but now I am looking for where to send the thank you note.
I was burned out from exhaustion, buried in the hail, poisoned in the bushes,_x000D_ _x000D_ blown out on the trail; hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn, _x000D_ _x000D_ "Come in," she said, "I'll give ya shelter from the storm."
I bought a gun and chose drugs instead.
I was shy for several years in my early days in Hollywood until I figured out that no one really gave a damn if I was shy or not, and I got over my shyness.
What a good thing, for instance, it was that one princess should sleep for a hundred years! Was she not saved from all the plague of young men who were not worthy of her? And did not she come awake exactly at the right moment when the right prince kissed her? For my part, I cannot help wishing a good many girls would sleep till just the same fate overtook them. It would be happier for them, and more agreeable to their friends.
If Miss Honeychurch ever takes to live as she plays, it will be very exciting--both for us and for her.
Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.