"When you're right there in the crisi, you'll do anything to make yourself feel better, distract yourself from the misery, deny reality, not matter how stupid."

-- Anna Maxted

#Stupid Quotes #Feel Better Quotes #Reality Quotes

“America's a very traumatized society.”
“It is often claimed that knowledge multiplies so rapidly that nobody can follow it. I believe this is incorrect. At least in science it is not true. The main purpose of science is simplicity and as we understand more things, everything is becoming simpler. This, of course, goes contrary to what everyone accepts.”

Source : Edward Teller, Wendy Teller, Wilson Talley (2013). “Conversations on the Dark Secrets of Physics”, p.2, Basic Books
“I didn't want to do an electro-class album or complex rap album. I wanted to do something that was kind of like a political statement, but also club jams. I wanted it to be dancy, but intelligent at the same time.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The power paradox is that we gain power by advancing the welfare of other people and yet when we feel powerful, it turns us into impulsive sociopaths and we lose those very skills. If you're in the military, you gain power by forging strong ties in your comrades. And then the irony is that once we feel powerful and we are taken with our own success, we ignore the skills that got us power in the first place.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.”
“Intelligence is the ability of a species to live in harmony with its environment.”

Source : "Captain Paul Watson introduced by Persia White at Worldfest". Youtube video, www.youtube.com. June 30, 2006.
“I hate being the only mortal in a gathering full of Immortals who think killing each other cleverly is the height of good manners.”

Source : Michelle Sagara (2016). “Michelle Sagara Chronicles of Elantra Vol 3: Cast in Chaos\Cast in Ruin\Cast in Peril”, p.1080, MIRA
“Its shocking how many people believe hardships are a punishment from God! Every hardship is good for you-if it brings you closer to Him!”

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