"Real is a contentious word. What can be considered real and or verified does not necessarily mean that it is recognized or acknowledged on a micro or macro level. There are many different ways to interrogate or locate a subject. One should take into account the lens by which we think of the idea of a subject."

-- Lorna Simpson

#Real Quotes #Mean Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Before I even knew what that half of my family did, I was interested in performing. I remember being seven years old and up on a stage and loving it. I've always adored it. Not just acting, but the whole process of writing and directing movies, everything that has to do with that part of life. Maybe it's in my blood.”
“An authentically powered person lives in love. Love is the energy of the soul. Love is what heals the personality. There is nothing that cannot be healed by love. There is nothing but love.”
“I don't think my father was a bad man, all in all.”
“Well, I decided to stop. And I did. I stopped smoking, and I stopped speed at the same time.”
“I used to sing in the church choir. People would say it was unusual for such a small girl to have such a big voice. They would say, 'She sounds like she's grown.'”
“People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician.”

Source : Interview with Katharine Hikel, www.vermontwoman.com. August 04, 2004.
“Selfishness is the biggest form of helplessness as it makes the person blind so much that he fails to search his true self for being always in the lurch.”
“The media, itself an arm of mega-corporate power, feeds the fear industry, so that people are primed like pumps to support wars on rumor, innuendo, legends, and lies.”

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