"Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings on human beings."

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R. D. Laing

#Fate Quotes #Destiny Quotes #Diversity Quotes

“There is an ideal of excellence for any particular craft or occupation; similarly there must be an excellent that we can achieve as human beings. That is, we can live our lives as a whole in such a way that they can be judged not just as excellent in this respect or in that occupation, but as excellent, period. Only when we develop our truly human capacities sufficiently to achieve this human excellent will we have lives blessed with happiness.”
“It is curious to what a degree one may become attached to a fine tree, especially when it is placed where trees are rare.”
“Creativity always dies a quick death in rooms that house conference tables.”
“The ABA really loosened up the NBA and introduced innovations like the three-point shot and the Slam Dunk and other competitions at the All Star Game. And we had all the hot young players.”
“If you make a street poster and literally paste it on the street in a city like New York, where it's such a mixed population and so densely populated, and it stays up for a full week and doesn't get covered up by something else or pulled down, you will have fifty thousand people who will have seen it. It will be the poorest of the poor - some homeless man who lives on the street will see it and probably appreciate it, or some businessman or landlord will see it. Everyone will see it. And whether or not they even realize that they saw it, on some level it's affecting their consciousness.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“I like the fact that New York looks a bit backwards, toward the Old World, rather than resolutely forwards.”
“That's one of my greatest strengths. I'm a Scorpio rising - we're very decisive. I'm very good at cutting things off that don't feel right.”
“Does he treat you with respect at all times? That's the first question. The second question is, if he is the exact same person twenty years from now that he is today, would you still want to marry him? And finally, does he inspire to be a better person? You find someone you can answer yes to all three, then you've found a good man.”

Source : Colleen Hoover (2012). “Slammed”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

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