"I never find myself even catching lyrics until something in the sound has taken me captive. Thinking about anything else is just the pleasurable byproduct of wow."

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Source : "This is Greil Marcus’ Brain on 'Shuffle'". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. October 18, 2010.

Greil Marcus

#Taken Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Wow Quotes

“I think there is a classy way to go about changing people's views about how they treat animals, and that is with compassion, strategic moves, and passing laws to protect animals, not throwing paint and flour on people. That only turns them away from your whole purpose of helping those without a voice.”

Source : "Katie Cleary, President and Founder of Peace 4 Animals: Get Proactive!". Interview with Barbi Twins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“For me that's what's fascinating about the internet, that aggregate thing.”
“when something is right, it will feel easier and much more effortless”
“It is now easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism.”
“Peace to these little broken leaves, That strew our common ground; That chase their tails, like silly dogs, As they go round and round. For though in winter boughs are bare, Let us not once forget Their summer glory, when these leaves Caught the great Sun in their strong net; And made him, in the lower air, Tremble - no bigger than a star!”
“Humans are evolutionarily designed to be paranoid, and they believe in God because they are paranoid,”
“Illness is the result of imbalance. Imbalance is a result of forgetting who you are. Forgetting who you are creates thoughts and actions that lead to an unhealthy lifestyle and eventually to illness.... Illness can thus be understood as a lesson you have given yourself to help you remember who you are.”

Source : Barbara Ann Brennan (2011). “Hands of Light: A Guide to Healing Through the Human Energy Field”, p.286, Bantam
“Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.”

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