"I not only think that we will tamper with Mother Nature, I think Mother wants us to."

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Source : "Gattaca", www.imdb.com. 1997.

Willard Gaylin

#Mother Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Want Quotes

“In my heart of hearts, I thought, if we get a 1-0 win and the team doesn't perform well, that would feel good.”

Source : "Landon Donovan gets over being cut" By Bill Plaschke, www.latimes.com. June 28, 2014.
“In music in general, you're always getting a lot of information, buts it's most important to have honest communication. It's always important to understand that we can do so much individually if we connect with one another and have honest conversations. As scary as it is, it can be very liberating. Staying connected to the people you love and staying connected to the things that really matter has been my biggest lesson.”
“I keep very weird hours. I never know when I'm going to get an idea.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Basically, the prosecutor who led case against me and that administration were trying to say that an actor can be held responsible for his acting, thousands of miles away from where he did the acting. The analogy would be if an artist painted a nude painting in New York City, and it was met with accolades and great reviews. And suddenly, somebody from Texas bought it and put it in their shoe store and it was found to be obscene in Texas, the artist in New York is responsible, and goes to jail because it's obscene in Texas.”

Source : Source: www.movieweb.com
“I studied philosophy and ended on sociology. For some reason, all the advanced courses in philosophy were offered 4:30 to 6:30, so I could never go because of football, so I had to switch.”
“Many people who have been around boxing all those years never had a champion, certainly a heavyweight champion....For that to happen in one's lifetime is so improbable. I got Floyd Patterson, then, here, at the age of 76, I was fortunate to come in contact with this young man who has, in my opinion, all the requirements to be a champion that I believe he's going to be, maybe the best that ever lived.”
“If you should prefer to understand that children are those human beings who have not yet found the grasp of their own minds, then the task you have given yourself, that task of rearing a child wisely and well, is suddenly transformed from indoctrination to education, in its truest sense, and made not only possible but even likely--provided, to be sure, one little prerequisite, which is that you are not a child, that you have come into the grasp of your mind.”
“We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be in control of our lives.”

Source : William Glasser, MD (2013). “Take Charge of Your Life: How to Get What You Need with Choice-Theory Psychology”, p.2, iUniverse

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