"Through the healing process of time-and through medical intervention or hospitalization in many cases-most people survive depression which may be its only blessing; but to the tragic legion who are compelled to destroy themselves there should be no more reproof attached than to the victims of terminal cancer."

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Source : William Styron (1990). “Darkness visible: a memoir of madness”, Random House Incorporated

William Styron

#Depression Quotes #Cancer Quotes #Healing Quotes

“Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control the people.”

Source : "What’s the Beef With the Trans-Pacific Partnership and U.S. Food Safety?" by Billy Mason, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 1, 2015.
“Living capital, which has the special capacity to continuously regenerate itself, is ultimately the source of all real wealth. To destroy it for money, a simple number with no intrinsic value, is an act of collective insanity - which makes capitalism a mental, as well as physical pathology.”
“I think there are lots of people that believe in rock 'n' roll. It's real easy. You just find some friends to play with and then you can feel it. I think that happens all the time. To be in a band and be playing in a room really loud, even if you never play a show, that feeling is really addictive and pure.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Laws will not eliminate prejudice from the hearts of human beings. But that is no reason to allow prejudice to continue to be enshrined in our laws to perpetuate injustice through inaction.”

Source : "For the Equal Rights Amendment". Shirley Chisholm's speech in Washington, D.C., www.americanrhetoric.com. August 10, 1970.
“I love karaoke. I love maudlin country ballads. In another life, I'd be Loretta Lynn.”

Source : "This much I know". Interview with Stuart Husband, www.theguardian.com. February 7, 2009.
“Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it.”

Source : Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.35, New World Library
“I'm the best and I'll thank you to remember that.”
“All anyone really needs to know about barbed wire is that it can tear the arse out of your trousers, give a cow a good fright, entangle a Yorkshire terrier for life, and is nasty stuff made by greedy men.”

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