I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me.

imagination identity transformation pretend

About Cary Grant

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Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; 18 January 1904 – 29 November 1986) was a British-American actor. Known for his blended British and American accent, debonair demeanor, lighthearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing, he was one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men. He was nominated twice for...

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Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops.

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Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.

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This work is about transformation—from the person we are to the person we really are. In the end, we can't be anyone else.

—Marion Rosen

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The Qabalists believed that the universe was created from sound. Thus by reciting sacred sounds, changes or transformations of matter could take place. Healing could simply consist of reinvoking those sacred sounds in the body.… Perhaps this is what the shamans do when they chant.

—Fred Alan Wolf

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If we can recognize that change and uncertainty are basic principles, we can greet the future and the transformation we are undergoing with the understanding that we do not know enough to be pessimistic.

—Hazel Henderson

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Some people think that a place can save them. Like if they could just be somewhere else, their lives would be totally different. They could finally be the people they always wanted to be. But to me, a place is just a place. If you really want things to change, you can make them change no matter where you are.

—Hannah Harrington in Saving June

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Love's greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred.

—Barbara de Angelis

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