"Activists need to get the facts right. One of the big assets we have on our side is the truth, and we lose credibility and power if w e're loose with that."

-- Annie Leonard

#Facts Quotes #Sides Quotes #Needs Quotes

“Anybody who cares about the functioning of democracy should be concerned about the blurring of lines between public and private interests.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others.”
“Some cynical people may see that the only reason I'm doing something more mainstream is part of a strategy to become more successful but I just see it as a bonus. It just happened... that's the way it is and there's an opportunity there and we're going to take advantage of it. I'd rather if I'm going to be working as hard as I've been working for the last two years - non-stop, solid, no personal life, no break - then I want what I've been working on to be as successful as possible. And I will take advantage of every opportunity that comes my way.”

Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk
“Writing is about hypnotizing yourself into believing in yourself, getting some work done, then unhypnotizing yourself and going over the material coldly.”
“Tell me that I misunderstood a joke, but don't tell me that my choice of cravat is wrong.”
“I always wanted to sing. I didn't know how to do it. I didn't know how to make the singing thing happen.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“It is in the capacity to love, that is to SEE, that the liberation of the soul from fantasy consists. The freedom which is a proper human goal is the freedom from fantasy, that is the realism of compassion. What I have called fantasy, the proliferation of blinding self-centered aims and images, is itself a powerful system of energy, and most of what is often called 'will' or 'willing' belongs to this system. What counteracts the system is attention to reality inspired by, consisting of, love.”
“Either the soul survives death or it does not, and there is no scientific evidence that it does.”

Source : Michael Shermer (2016). “Skeptic: Viewing the World with a Rational Eye”, p.260, Henry Holt and Company

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