"People are different from each other"

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Source : Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (2007). “Epistemology of the Closet: Updated with a New Preface”, p.22, Univ of California Press

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

#People Quotes #Different Quotes

“The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.”
“He is so kind that he makes me search my soul to find new ways to be compassionate to others.”

Source : Sharon Shinn (2017). “Heart of Gold”, p.146, Hachette UK
“The audience is never wrong.”

Source : "Fictional character: J.M. Barrie". The Lost Boys, www.imdb.com. (1978 - ).
“Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made (man) is the most detestable. Of the entire brood, he is the only one... that possesses malice. He is the only creature that inflicts pain for sport, knowing it to be pain.”
“That middle ground of films used to be 70, 80, 90, 100; now it's like anything over 20 or under 140, the middle ground has become this huge area where they don't really want to be.”
“I would think if someone connected to ***** made the Hall of Fame, that would enhance my chances of making the Hall of Fame.”
“No man is hurt but by himself. ...Literally by how he interprets what happens to him. If he focusses on how it could have been better, he will be hurt. If he focusses on how it could have been worse, he will be happy. The same is true for women too.”
“It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.”

Source : "A Small Journal" by Anne Sexton, 1974.

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