James Fox Quotes

#1. Yoga class is intimate even just from the standpoint of taking off your socks. Exposing your bare feet can be a big deal. You may be an African American next to a Caucasian or a Latino. But once practice begins and we drop in, separation dissolves.

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#2. The code that most prisoners live by is an extension of the masculine roles they were taught growing up, how they were conditioned about what it means to be a man: you've got to be strong, you've got to be tough, you've got to be in charge.

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#3. Intense asana practice - too much, too soon - can have detrimental effects. It can also promote a dissociation from the personal sensitivity and self awareness that I am trying to encourage. I don't want to contribute to furthering physical or psychological trauma.

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#4. I am ... only a small part of history and the legacy of mankind's fall from grace.
- Danny Rollings

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#5. Oh God, not another fucking beautiful day.

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#6. People think 'Performance' blew my mind ... my mind was blown long before that.

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#7. It is the absence of hope, which equals the despair that is the punishment.

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#8. When you're on the yard, prisoner politics dictate that you only socialize with your own race. If you fraternize with other races, you can get taught a painful lesson. And there are inmates with a level of consciousness who feel it's their duty to enforce this segregation.

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#9. I'm not fearful by nature, but I am vigilant. When you walk into a prison, it's important that a sixth sense kicks in.

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#10. You don't ask of Justice; it asks of you.
-Danny Rollings

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#11. Childhood is so important. Without a loving one, you're vulnerable throughout your life. We're all the things our parents are - the good and the not so good. Thankfully, I have a wonderful wife who's a brilliant mother.

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#12. You will surely smile with me when I say, 'Thank God one can still recognise self-pity as such and not give it any greater dignity than just that.

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#13. I teach that the foundation for our practice is being able to go inward and disconnect from the busyness of our thoughts, that focusing the mind on bodily sensations and breath will ground us in the present moment. Yoga is about realizing who you really are, aside from your persona.

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#14. 'Performance' gave me doubts about my way of life. Before that, I had been completely involved in the more bawdy side of the film business. But after that, everything changed.

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#15. I'm very emotional, very explosive, very temperamental.

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#16. Sensitivity is equated with weakness. Feelings are for women. It's OK to express happiness or anger, but it's not OK to feel fear or sadness. This gets exaggerated in prison.

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#17. I'm lucky I've been able to spend a lot of time with my family.

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#18. If you are deeply connected with yourself, with your energy, staying awake to yourself in the moment, other prisoners tend to leave you alone.

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#19. There's often an assumption you're more privileged if you belong to a family with people who have made a success.

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