"True rebels after all, are as rare as true lovers,and in both cases, to mistake a fever for passion can destroy one's life"

-- James A. Baldwin

#Mistake Quotes #Passion Quotes #Rebel Quotes

“By construction, the world of big data is siloed and segmented and segregated so that successful people, like myself - technologists, well-educated white people, for the most part - benefit from big data, and it's the people on the other side of the economic spectrum, especially people of color, who suffer from it. They suffer from it individually, at different times, at different moments. They never get a clear explanation of what actually happened to them because all these scores are secret and sometimes they don't even know they're being scored.”

Source : Source: www.salon.com
“The Yogi conquers the body by the practice of asanas, making the body a fit vehicle for the spirit. The Yogi knows that it is a necessary vehicle for the spirit, for a soul without a body is like a bird deprived of its power to fly.”
“Your primary purpose is to be here fully, and to be total in whatever you do so that the preciousness of the present moment does not become reduced to a means to an end. And there you have your life purpose. That's the very foundation of your life.”
“The atmosphere is different in Congress after September 11. Terrorism is no longer an abstract issue, but a real, tangible threat.”
“Negative words are powerful boomerangs so be careful what you say about people and yourself.”

Source : Twitter post from Jun 07, 2012
“No more rules, the freedom of dressing. The beauty of mixing vintage clothes with a pair of jeans that I love.”
“Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.”
“This is why you must love life: one day you're offering up your social security number to the Russian Mafia; two weeks later you're using the word calve as a verb.”

Source : Maria Semple (2012). “Where'd You Go, Bernadette”, p.241, Hachette UK

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