![He [the cat] liked to peep into the refrigerator and risk having his head shut in by the closing door. He also climbed to the top of the stove, discontinuing the practice after he singed his tail.](/assets/img/quote-photos/he-the-cat-liked-to-peep-into-the-refrigerator-and-risk-having-his-head-shut-in.jpg)
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catholic ugly spirit
This is the same notion - Catholic exorcism, psychotherapy, shamanistic practices - getting to the moment when whatever it was gained access. And also to the name of the spirit. Just to know that it's the Ugly Spirit. That's a great step. Because the spirit doesn't want its name to be known. Allen Ginsberg
cat matter difficult
The naming of cats is a difficult matter T. S. Eliot
cat names pie
Before a Cat will condescend To treat you as a trusted friend, Some little token of esteem Is needed, like a dish of cream; And you might now and then supply Some caviare, or Strassburg Pie, Some potted grouse, or salmon paste — He's sure to have his personal taste. (I know a Cat, who makes a habit Of eating nothing else but rabbit, And when he's finished, licks his paws So's not to waste the onion sauce.) A Cat's entitled to expect These evidences of respect. And so in time you reach your aim, And finally call him by his name.
cat speak
With cats, some say, one rule is true: Don't speak till you are spoken to.
cat like-you enough
You have learned enough to see that cats are much like you and me.
cat wind done
When a Cat adopts you there is nothing to be done about it except to put up with it until the wind changes.
cat voice wow
Wow," came a familiar voice, "Hypochondriac killed the cat." -Dess Scott Westerfeld
cat pet pay
There's kind of a toll you have to pay with a cat; if you don't pet her for 10 minutes she'll bother you for six hours. Scott Adams
cat law jail
Put all the pervs in jail, bring back the birch and cat-o-nine tails. Ray Davies
doors darkness perception
There are things of such darkness and horror—just, I suppose, as there are things of such great beauty—that they will not fit through the puny human doors of perception. Stephen King
doors doctors torchwood
I'm afraid the 'Doctor Who' door is probably closed because of me being in 'Torchwood.' Burn Gorman
doors dancing rooms
I have the picture of Barack [Obama] and me dancing right outside of my dressing room door, I see it every single day, and it makes me very happy. Ellen DeGeneres
doors musical way
I'm not shutting doors on myself, in any way, within theater, musical theater, TV and film. Lara Pulver
doors young-generation generations
The younger generation will come knocking at my door. Henrik Ibsen
doors magic trying
If ever I feel I might be able to tackle it, I'd love to try holding a spear or something in the theater, or opening a door, or anything, just to try it, you know, because it must be some marvelous magic thing. Hayley Mills
doors truth-is easy
Truth can break the gates down, truth can howl in the street; unless truth is pleasing, personable and easy to like, she is condemned to stay whimpering at the back door. Hilary Mantel
doors giving different
Torture will give a dozen pence or more To keep a drab from bawling at his door. The public taste is quite a different thing Torture is positively paid to sing. Hilaire Belloc
doors soul language
To possess another language, Charlemagne tells us, is to possess another soul. German is such a language. Once you have it in your head, you can go there anytime, you can close the door, you have a refuge. John le Carre
practice
While the practice is not necessarily widespread, there are a lot of them, Diana Oblinger
practice kind solemnity
All kinds of performance practices have a certain register of power or solemnity. Theaster Gates
practice path fool
To reject practice by saying, 'it is conceptual!' is the path of fools. A tendency of the inexperienced and something to be avoided. Longchenpa
practice our-relationship metta
When we practice metta, we open continuously to the truth of our actual experience, changing our relationship to life. Sharon Salzberg
practice matter next
It is simply that person's time. Ours will come in this lifetime or the next. No matter. Continue to practice. Natalie Goldberg
practice acorns virtue
If you don't have courage, you can't practice any of the other virtues. Tavis Smiley
practice want path
We want to stay on the straight and narrow path and serve God, yet we continue a practice that often pulls us in the wrong direction. Joshua Harris
practice feelings scripture
The doctrine of Scripture teaches us about the authority of God's Word. Scripture must be the final rule of faith and practice for our lives. Not our feelings or emotions. Not signs or prophetic words or hunches.
practice world
Practice and practice and practice, and you'll make friends all over the world. Lionel Ferbos