"In my experience ideology is a lot like religion; it's a belief system and most people cling to it long after it becomes clear that their ideology doesn't describe the real world."

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Source : Maureen F. McHugh (1997). “China Mountain Zhang”, p.29, Macmillan

Maureen F. McHugh

#Real Quotes #People Quotes #Long Quotes

“I don't think everybody has a right to a weapon which can be used to kill innocent people and maybe threaten the life of a president of the United States.”
“Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.”
“However, the word madda in modern Hebrew specifically means science.”
“My first encounter with Buddhist dharma would be in my early 20s. Like most young men, I was not particularly happy.”
“Once you start describing nothingness, you end up with somethingness.”
“If you want to be a model, then you should probably become an actor. That's the only way to get hired to do the great advertising campaigns that are really interesting or the magazine covers, and it's hard to build a name for yourself as a model without those things.”

Source : Interview magazine, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 12, 2013.
“You don't have sex near unicorns. It's an ironclad rule. It's tacky.”
“The idea of polytheism is grounded in the view that reality (divine or otherwise) is multiple and diverse... Polytheism has allowed a multitude of distinct groups to exist more or less in harmony, despite great divergence in beliefs and practices...”

Source : Margot Adler (2006). “Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America”, p.36, Penguin

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