"People are motivated by the desires for privilege, for power, for profit. Those are not shocking revelations. Anyone who's had any experience in life knows these things."

-- Norman Finkelstein

#People Quotes #Desire Quotes #Privilege Quotes

“It is not very natural to make dynamic changes with the recorder. When you play a long note and want to make a diminuendo, the pitch will fall, and vice versa. So you need to adjust these with your fingers.”
“If we watch ourselves honestly we shall often find that we have begun to argue against a new idea even before it has been completely stated.”
“I finished your song, she said. Our last song. And I want to play it for you.”
“When Julia and I broke up and I was really scared to go into a market or anywhere because I thought, Oh God, everyone must hate me. And that wasn't the case. People said, I'm sorry this happened, man. Are you alright?”
“The prevailing view is that the easy way to stimulate economic growth is to have a low currency.”
“This is a faithless old world. Men and women are hardheaded, pleasure-mad, money crazy. They write up their successes and say, "The power and might of my hand have done these things." God has been ruled out; consequently, the thrill and romance of true living are gone for most people.”

Source : Lee Roberson (2000). “The Faith That Moves Mountains”, p.470, Sword of the Lord Publishers
“Physical science has taught us to associate Deity with the normal rather than with the abnormal.”
“I mean itâ€™s never a problem making out with Nina Dobrev, I mean thatâ€™s always really cool!”

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