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Prayer is speaking to God. Meditation is listening to God. Trust tranquility.

Shirley MacLaine

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Shirley MacLaine
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: April 24
Character Actor
Dancer
Film Actor
Film Actress
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Film Producer
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In terms of my life, I guess I want to share whatever I've learned really, which is basically one thing: know yourself, look for yourself, know what to look for, cherish it, be honest, be authentic, even if it hurts your feelings. That's not bad.
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Technology has outstripped our knowledge of self.
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One can become as intellectually arrogant about spirituality as about empirical science.
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There are stars who are proficiently paranoid enough to hide what they really think. I can't.
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