"Women often have a great need to portray themselves as sympathetic and pleasing, but we're also dark people with dark thoughts."

-- Zadie Smith

#Dark Quotes #People Quotes #Needs Quotes

“I grew up in a neighborhood in Baltimore that was like a war zone, so I never learned to trust that there were people who could help me.”
“The reason there are two senators for each state is so that one can be the designated driver.”
“You are capable of more than you realize. You are far more capable than you were even 12 months ago. Next year you will be able to do things you can't imagine doing today.”
“I had no luck when I started out as a model. I keep telling people that it's the only career in the world that you can't choose for yourself - you have to be chosen.”

Source : Interview with Sarah, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 22, 2008.
“Integrate what you believe in every single area of your life. Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of everybody else, too. Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency....”
“Christianity has not conquered nationalism; the opposite has been the case nationalism has made Christianity its footstool.”

Source : Sir Arthur Keith (1947). “Evolution and Ethics”
“No. You know this is wrong and you want to feel better about it. You don't want to admit your as ruthless and monstrous as the demons you claim to hate.”
“It is superfluous to be humble on one's own behalf; so many people are willing to do it for one.”

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