"When did "sentimental" become a pejorative barb? I do not at all share the notion that a piece of music, or a poem, or a film that bypasses the brain and aims straight for the heart . . . should automatically be heaped with scorn. I think it is symptomatic of a sad and dangerous impoverishment of spirit."

-- Bill Richardson

#Heart Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Brain Quotes

“In my profession, I'm around a lot of people whose bodies are their instruments in one way or another.”
“Kate Otto, like so many in her generation, is committed to being a good global citizen and doing her part to make the world a better place. Everyday Ambassador is a refreshing approach which encourages collaborative work with focus, empathy, humility and patience to better affect positive change in communities throughout the world.”
“There is no past or future. Using tenses to divide time is like making chalk marks on water.”

Source : Janet Frame (1980). “Faces in the water”
“It is so killer to collaborate with someone who gets what you're trying to say.”
“You're wrong! That's not why Kagome was born! Kagome taught me how to smile, how to believe in people! Kagome was the reason I could make friends and rely on those friends! To shed tears for others, to understand true strength and kindnessâ€¦Theyâ€™re all things I learned from Kagome! Kagome was born to meet me! And I was born for her!”
“When it comes to the whole debate today over evolution versus creation, Jesus affirmed the early chapters of Genesis were accurate when He said, "Have you not read, that He who created them from the beginning made them male and female" (Matthew 19:4). Adam and Eve didn't come on the scene after billions of years of mutations and evolution. No. God created them all the way back in the beginning-just like Moses reported in the Book of Genesis.”
“Well, the world has changed so radically, and we're all running to catch up. I don't want to jump to any conclusions, but look: Dinosaurs and man, two species separated by sixty-five million years of evolution have just been suddenly thrown back into the mix together. How can we possibly have the slightest idea what to expect?”
“Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.”

Source : Mary McCarthy (1964). “The Humanist in the Bathtub”

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