"Stupidity is much the same all the world over. A stupid person's notions and feelings may confidently be inferred from those which prevail in the circle by which the person is surrounded. Not so with those whose opinions and feelings are an emanation from their own nature and faculties."

-- John Stuart Mill

#Stupid Quotes #Circles Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“The Clash were innovative, radical and helped drive a change in music that was ground-breaking. In comparison to some of the music today they sounded like they meant it. I still listen to their music today to remind myself what music made with commitment sounds like.”
“Iâ€™m very faithful to myself. When you do things that are true it just comes out quite instinctively.”
“Anywhere I see suffering, that is where I want to be, doing what I can.”
“People loved to talk about how Frank O'Hara didn't really care about getting published. That doesn't jibe with my experience.”
“Ask yourself always: am I harmoniously put together, am I appropriately clad for the deed at hand, and am I free of non-essentials?”

Source : Edna Woolman Chase, Ilka Chase (1954). “Always in Vogue”
“One of the great pressures we're facing in journalism now is it's a lot cheaper to hire thumb suckers and pundits and have talk shows on the air than actually have bureaus and reporters”
“My mother was a journalist, so writing is not unnatural to me.”
“Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.”

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