"One cannot enter don Juan's world intellectually, like a dilettante seeking fast and fleeting knowledge. Nor, in don Juan's world, can anything be verified absolutely. The only thing we can do is arrive at a state of increased awareness that allows us to perceive the world around us in a more inclusive manner."

-- Carlos Castaneda

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“If I have learned anything from my SIMS family: When a child doesn't see his father enough he starts to jump up and down, then his mood level will drop until he pees himself.”
“My life contains so many other things; I have my children, my grandchildren, my two dogs and a big place in the country. I have my own life.”

Source : "Abba's Agnetha Fältskog returns - and unravels the mystery of her silence" by John Lucas, www.theguardian.com. March 13, 2013.
“It is no discredit to Walt Whitman that he wrote Leaves of Grass, only that he did not burn it afterwards.”

Source : Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1871). “Atlantic Essays”, p.44
“When I'm dead are they going to remember me ? I don't really think about it, it's up to them. When I'm dead, who cares ? I don't.”
“. . . top management should spend 40 to 50 percent of its time educating and motivating its people . . .”
“People's opinions of us will always change, but how we see ourselves will stay with us forever.”
“Guys make me feel secure and comfortable when I'm scared or need attention. They bring stability. And affection. And fun. And drama. You learn so much from a boyfriend. It's hard to put into words, I guess.”

Source : "What I know about men". Interview with Eva Wiseman, www.theguardian.com. July 7, 2007.
“What remains constant for me, during the last 15 years, has been the conviction that the cold war was a calamity for the entire world, and that it can be justified by no consideration of theory, nor by any supposed national interest.”

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