"In this life you have to be your own hero. By that I mean you have to win whatever it is that matters to you by your own strength and in your own way. Like it or not, you are alone in a forest, just like all those fairy tales that begin with a hero whoâ€™s usually stupid but somehow brave, or who might be clever, but weak as a straw, and away he goes (donâ€™t worry about the gender), cheered on by nobody, via the castles and the bears, and the old witch and the enchanted stream, and by and by (we hope) heâ€™ll find the treasure."

Source : Jeanette Winterson (2013). “The Powerbook”, p.155, Random House

Jeanette Winterson

#Clever Quotes #Stupid Quotes #Hero Quotes

“I was fortunate to work with Corigliano for a few years in the mid nineties. Meeting and working with him during those formative years was an important experience.”
“One hate crime is committed approximately every hour of every day in this country.”

Source : "Anna Paquin announces she's bisexual for equality psa". www.mtv.com. April 01, 2010.
“A lot of guys get slammed pretty hard. I do think there's a tendency with women performers to just sort of write them off. The "Flavor of the Month" kind of thing. Or as a novelty, because I do think women in bands are still considered a novelty, or a little confection.”
“My name is more important than myself.”
“The presidency is not an entry-level electoral job.”
“Ressentiment is always to some degree a determinant of the romantic type of mind. At least this is so when the romantic nostalgia for some past era (Hellas, the Middle Ages, etc.) is not primarily based on the values of that period, but on the wish to escape from the present. Then all praise of the â€œpastâ€ has the implied purpose of downgrading present-day reality.”

Source : Max Scheler, Harold J. Bershady (1992). “On Feeling, Knowing, and Valuing: Selected Writings”, p.132, University of Chicago Press
“The conventional viewpoint says we need a jobs program and we need to cut welfare. Just the opposite! We need more welfare and fewer jobs.”

Source : "The Revolt Against Liberal Orthodoxy" by David Harsanyi, www.realclearpolitics.com. June 11, 2010.
“Witchcraft is, and was, not... for everyone. Unless you have an attraction to the occult, a sense of wonder, a feeling that you can slip for a few minutes out of the world into the world of faery, it is of no use to you.”

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