"did you ever see anybody so disgusting: said lightning to thunder, "never" thunder growled thunder, "lets give him the works"

-- William Steig

#Giving Quotes #Lightning Quotes #Thunder Quotes

“Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity.”
“If we accept the rule of those who think they are the bosses and lords of Mexico, nothing will change for the people on the bottom.”
“Don't correct me, you don't have any rights over me." "What kind of life is this? So I sit at home , entirely dependent on this man, and then it turns out his heart was never with me. How is it possible to force someone to love me?”

Source : Katherine Boo (2012). “Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity”, p.75, Random House
“I certainly have routines in my day-to-day life that are important to me and still give me feelings of security and control, but the capacity to break out of them every so often as I travel has given me a second wind.”
“People keep trying to make me a movie star but they just don't understand. I'm not a movie star, I'm an actor.”
“Everything comes out in blues music: joy, pain, struggle. Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance. It's about a man and a woman. So the pain and the struggle in the blues is that universal pain that comes from having your heart broken. Most blues songs are not about social statements.”
“There are many goals but one path - the path of compassion.”
“No one ever achieved a goal by being interested in its achievement. One must be committed. In fact, in studying the source of people's success, I've found that persistence overshadows even talent as the most valued and effective resource in creating and shaping the quality of life. Most people give up a maddening five feet from their goal!”

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