"Hollywood wants its heroes to be virtuous, but it defines virtue in a way that excludes any action that is self-interested. If virtue means putting others ahead of self, then it's clear that most people, let alone most capitalists, aren't very virtuous."

-- Alex Tabarrok

#Hero Quotes #Mean Quotes #Self Quotes

“I could announce one morning that the world was going to blow up in three hours and people would be calling in about my hair!”
“The thinking mind is best controlled by the imagination.”

Source : Carson McCullers (2005). “The Mortgaged Heart: Selected Writings”, p.277, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Mr. Chairman, when I contemplate the evils of apartheid, my heart bleeds and I am sure the heart of every true blooded African bleeds.”
“A Frenchwoman, when double-crossed, will kill her rival; the Italian woman would rather kill her deceitful lover; the Englishwoman simply breaks off relations-but they all will console themselves with another man.”
“There is no greater symbol of the artistic spirit of Scotland than the Mackintosh building. But more than that it is a symbol of where art belongs, rising as it does out of the heart of a great city. A mighty castle on a hill, it is a part of me, and of all Glaswegians.”
“Twitter is a vessel that we can use to share #positivity to others through our timeline one tweet at a time.”
“I'm all for ERA. I want to see women equal to men - not so damn superior like they've been.”
“I find the practice of yoga very spiritual and taking the time to just be and to reflect through meditation and chanting helps me to connect to a higher energy.”

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