"Realism's anxieties are not my anxieties, but I think I've had its tools close at hand all along. It may be that I'm reaching for them more often than I used to. On the other hand, I'm making no promises for the future. The material itself always gets the last word."

-- Roy Kesey

#Thinking Quotes #Hands Quotes #Anxiety Quotes

“The only reason people lock their car doors when Obama walks by is they are afraid he'll tax them to death . . .”

Source : James Woods @RealJamesWoods, twitter.com. July 19, 2013.
“If you cut yourself, if you hate yourself, if you eat, if you don’t eat. If your parents split up, if your parents hit you, if your mom tells you you’re a piece of trash. If you got in a car crash and half your face is gone - wake up in the morning and give yourself a shot. Do it. Not for music, not for any reason other than the fact that you are alive and you were given the grace to wake up another day. So do it, man. Just freaking get out there and try.”
“Last week, the House of Representatives passed a resolution honoring the victims and heroes of September 11th. As we commemorate the anniversary of 9-11, we must also remember that the threat is still very real today.”
“We are reaching the point where the temperature standstill is becoming the major feature of the recent global warm period that began in 1980. In brief, the global temperature has remained constant for longer than it has increased."”
“I just knew that economics had never been my big motivation.”
“From antiquity, people have recognized the connection between naming and power.”

Source : Casey Miller, Kate Swift (2000). “Words and Women”, p.18, iUniverse
“The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest.”
“When I look back at the 1980s I pinch myself. Did I really do all that?”

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