"The famous passage from her book is often erroneously attributed to the inaugural address of Nelson Mandela. About the misattribution Williamson said, "Several years ago, this paragraph from A Return to Love began popping up everywhere, attributed to Nelson Mandela's 1994 inaugural address. As honored as I would be had President Mandela quoted my words, indeed he did not. I have no idea where that story came from, but I am gratified that the paragraph has come to mean so much to so many people."

-- Marianne Williamson

#Book Quotes #Mean Quotes #Years Quotes

“The contemporary memoir is playing an important role in at least just bringing certain relationships out into the open in American society, and also it's a place where the novel of development, the novel of consciousness, has gone.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Lying in bed just before going to sleep is the worst time for organized thinking; it is the best time for free thinking. Ideas drift like clouds in an undecided breeze, taking first this direction and then that.”

Source : E.L. Konigsburg (2015). “From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler”, p.58, Pushkin Press
“All success consists in this: You are doing something for somebody - benefiting humanity - and the feeling of success comes from the consciousness of this.”
“Magic has a spiritual element, and is considered very important and of value, and magicians have always been a little bit silly, so if you're going to portray a modern day magician, there's gotta be a little silliness.”
“I used to be someone.”
“I am the mayor of Boston, I am a Democrat. But, I am not the mayor of Democratic people in Boston. I am the mayor of Democrats and Republicans, Independents, Tea Party, and the unenrolled. I am the mayor of conservatives and progressives. I am the mayor of all the different races. I am the mayor of the rich and the poor.”
“Jay Leno is wonderful and a good friend, but it will always be the Carson show to a lot of people.”
“We make violent cops, we make violent criminals, and no wonder we have shootouts in slums all of the time.”

Source : "Jose Padilha Says ‘Elite Squad’ Sequel Is His Scorsese-Like Take On Cops & Politics In Brazil". Interview with Todd Gilchrist, www.indiewire.com. September 28, 2011.

You may also like: