"It's a very romantic sentiment, but to think that you would die if you didn't write, well, I would definitely choose to not write and live"

-- Sarah McLachlan

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Very Romantic Quotes

“I think the media has been in denial just like the party regulars have been in denial. They just don't understand that the government that we have today is not what the people want as a government.”

Source : "Tea Party Victory Shakes Up New York Politics". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. September 22, 2010.
“Well, these tattoos aren't really rebellion. These tattoos are all tattoos I've had since I have been a pastor.”
“My final conclusion after 40 years or more in this business is that the unofficial policy of the World Health Organization and the unofficial policy of the Save the Children's Fund and almost all those organizations is one of murder and genocide. They want to make it appear as if they are saving these kids, but in actual fact they don't”
“Without silence there is no music. Not simply because the faculty of hearing deteriorates from constant exposure to noise, but because silence is both the majestic frame and the stable solution for musical (and poetic) ideas. Silence is the soda water, the bracing ether, the bridge and mode of respect for receiving instructions from the angel.”
“I remember, as a young architect, people always talked about I. M. Pei's concrete. He had a particular specification no one else knew.”

Source : "Interview with Architect Annabelle Selldorf". Interview with Philip Nobel, www.architecturaldigest.com. March 31, 2013.
“I never was that boy who loved gangster films, but when I was growing up, I was obsessed with the detective Dick Tracy. It was one of my favourite movies as a kid, and he really inspired me. I would have loved to be part of that golden age of Hollywood in the 1940s. It made me want to become an actor.”
“But what I can do is paint you a picture of what youâ€™ll never see when youâ€™re with a guy whoâ€™s really into you: Youâ€™ll never see you staring maniacally at your phone, willing it to ring. Youâ€™ll never see you ruining an evening with friends because youâ€™re calling for your messages every fifteen seconds. Youâ€™ll never see you hating yourself for calling him when you know you shouldnâ€™t have. What you will see is you being treated so well that no phone antics will be necessary. Youâ€™ll be too busy being adored.”

Source : Greg Behrendt, Liz Tuccillo (2009). “He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys”, p.31, Simon and Schuster
“Every acceptance of suffering is an acceptance of that which exists. The denial of every form of suffering can result in a flight from reality in which contact with reality becomes ever thinner, ever more fragmentary. It is impossible to remove oneself totally from suffering, unless one removes oneself from life itself, no longer enters into relationships, makes oneself invulnerable.”

Source : Dorothee Sölle (1975). “Suffering”, Fortress Press

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