"I was 'alone' amongst the animal kingdom and I required of myself to see what was truly going on inside me so that my own true potential could step forth. Therefore I died so that heaven could show me who I had become, within that showing me to myself as who I am, what I am going to be doing and where all of you fit into the picture."

-- Timothy Treadwell

#Animal Quotes #Who I Am Quotes #Heaven Quotes

“I recognize that I have the ability to be selfish, but I also recognize that you can't be happy if you only care about yourself at the expense of other people.”
“Everyone’s default state is this pleasantry state. My goal in the show is to undercut that as quickly as possible. If you really do let it sit, it’s sometimes amazing what comes out of people.”

Source : "Nathan Fielder's Ingenious Dumb Humor" by Johan Weiner, www.nytimes.com. June 12, 2014.
“If you've never met a Navy SEAL and you ran into one at a bar, you probably still wouldn't know he's a Navy SEAL.”

Source : "Who Are the Members of Navy SEAL Team Six?" by Chris Cuomo, Jay Shaylor and Katie Morison, abcnews.go.com. January 25, 2012.
“Fashion is not trivial. It's a huge industry and a big part of our lives. Fashion is about us - how we look and present ourselves, how we can change ourselves, and our perceptions. You can dress up to be quite glorious creatures - it's all a very important part of life.”

Source : Harper's BAZAAR Interview, www.harpersbazaar.co.uk. December 5, 2012.
“Abstinence, being faithful and correct and consistent condom use are the only ways to successfully reach everyone when discussing HIV prevention. I believe that the abstinence message alone does not solve the AIDS epidemic.”
“Memory works according to meaning, and when something is important to you, the Google in your brain brings it forward all of a sudden.”

Source : Interview with Keith Phipps, tv.avclub.com. August 2, 2011.
“People don't dream all their lives of escaping the hellish countries they live in and pay their life savings to underworld types for the privilege of being locked up in a freezing, filthy, stinking container ship and hauled like cargo for weeks until they finally arrive in Moscow or Beijing or Baghdad or Kabul. People risk their lives to come here---to New York. The greatest city in the world, where dreams become reality.”

Source : Sean Hannity (2002). “Let Freedom Ring: Winning the War of Liberty Over Liberalism”, p.8, Dubois Publishing
“Great minds against themselves conspire, and shun the cure they most desire.”

Source : Henry Purcell, Nahum Tate (1978). “Purcell, Didon et Enée”

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