"Too many of us vote for our prejudices instead of our desires."

-- William Feather

#Desire Quotes #Prejudice Quotes #Vote Quotes

“The attainment of knowledge is the high and exclusive attribute of man, among the numberless myriads of animated beings, inhabitants of the terrestrial globe. On him alone is bestowed, by the bounty of the Creator of the universe, the power and the capacity of acquiring knowledge. Knowledge is the attribute of his nature which at once enables him to improve his condition upon earth, and to prepare him for the enjoyment of a happier existence hereafter.”
“We long to connect; we fear that if we do, our freedom and individuality will disappear.”

Source : Mark Doty (2002). “Still Life with Oysters and Lemon: On Objects and Intimacy”, p.7, Beacon Press
“I learned that you can't have any expectations with life. You never know what's going to happen.”

Source : "Best Actress Nominee Jennifer Lawrence Heats Up Winter’s Bone". Interview with Brad Balfour, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 25, 2011.
“If you look a little punkish, then they're going to give you the parts. And if you play an iconic villain early on in your career, you tend to get asked to play one over and over and over again.”

Source : Interview with Logan Hill, www.gq.com. May 31, 2012.
“If I can go from burglar for the government to talk show host, you can go from entertainer to congressman.”
“One does not learn how to die by killing others.”

Source : "Memoirs from Beyond the Grave" by François-René de Chateaubriand, translated by A. S. Kline, (Book IX: Ch. 4), 1848 - 1850.
“Luck? If the roof fell in and Diz (Dean) was sitting in the middle of the room, everybody else would be buried and a gumdrop would fall in his mouth.”
“I think even the poorest people in the great country that is the United States should be entitled to basic health care,”

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