"Real isn't what they try to tell you. Time isn't. Grown-ups hammer down all these markers, bells, schedules, coffee-breaks, to stake down time so you'll start believing it's something small and mean, something that scrapes flake after flake off of everything you love till there's nothing left; to stake you down so you don't lift off and fly away, somersaulting through whirlpools of months, skimming through eddies of glittering seconds, pouring handfuls of hours over your upturned face."

-- Tana French

#Real Quotes #Believe Quotes #Coffee Quotes

“Your father died for me, and dying with you would be an honor, though not as great as dying to save you.”
“Women-in-jeopardy movies are, in essence, the updated versions of men dying to save the princess from the dragon to earn her love. They are modern-day training films for teaching women to select the best protectors while weeding out the rest.”
“I like finding a great shot and then just staying with it for a long time, not trying to pump things up with some kind of artificial energy by cutting.”

Source : "Jonathan Demme Discusses 'Journeys' & The Magic Of Neil Young" by Jeff Otto, www.indiewire.com. June 26, 2012.
“Often people who already had an interest in human rights work. What I did notice with all of them, even the people who professed to be interested in human rights, was that activism was somewhat a concept in their mind - a symbolic flag on the quad or something to show how many people were starving in the world. But once they saw their efforts connected to a person, I did see a change.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“The art of medicine has its roots in the heart.”
“And what I'm telling you now is not for you to go out and try the same ways I try, or not to even try my technique. Just put it to your personality, put it to yourself, and you develop your workout. Cause those books and things, those are other people's gimmicks and hypes. Build your own gimmick and hype, and that'll make you a better powerlifter. Not just doin' it like James does it, cause if you try to fly off the building like superman you'll be out there in the middle of the street.”
“Most of all I like to sing my heart out to lyrics that really speak to people.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“A spiritual voice is urgently needed to underline the fact that global warming is already causing human anguish and mortality in our nation and abroad, and much more will occur in the future without rapid action.”

Source : "It’s Time for Interfaith Moral Action on Climate Change" by Bill McKibben, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 9, 2012.

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