"I think any big success is paralyzing. I have observed it in others."

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Source : Source: www.believermag.com

Mary Harron

#Thinking Quotes #Bigs Quotes

“I wanted to make sure that my act was family friendly for tonight, but I don't have babies. So I thought that maybe I could pretend that I had babies and that way I could appeal to the people in the audience who have babies and to the people who like to pretend that they have babies.”
“Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.”
“Republicans think that the NAACP is the only voice in the black community. It is a voice in the black community. But it's not the only voice.”
“God told me if I painted that mountain enough, I could have it.”
“Real median household incomes in the U.S. were basically the same in 1989 as in 2014. But we are also seeing similar challenges in the U.K. in the stagnation of real wages.”
“The American dream, to me, means having the opportunity to achieve, because I don't think you should be guaranteed anything other than opportunity.”
“Any Church community, if it thinks it can comfortably go its own way without creative concern and effective cooperation in helping the poor to live with dignity and reaching out to everyone, will also risk breaking down,”
“Settling into a new country is like getting used to a new pair of shoes. At first they pinch a little, but you like the way they look, so you carry on. The longer you have them, the more comfortable they become. Until one day without realizing it you reach a glorious plateau. Wearing those shoes is like wearing no shoes at all. The more scuffed they get, the more you love them and the more you can't imagine life without them.”

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