"If we don't accept loneliness, then capitalism wins hands down. Because capitalism is all about trying to convince people that you can distract yourself, that you can make it better. And it ain't true."

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Source : "An elegant escape" by Suzie Mackenzie, www.theguardian.com. September 19, 2003.

Tilda Swinton

#Loneliness Quotes #Winning Quotes #Hands Quotes

“If there's any possibility for enlightenment, it's right now, not at some future time. Now is the time.”
“If you have a surreal life like I do, you've got to have fun along the way.”
“I was never educated to be an actor. I went to a regular college. It was a great thing for me because I feel that the main thing to get out of college is a thirst for knowledge. College should teach you how to be curious. Most people think that college is the end of education, but it isn't. The ceremony of giving you the diploma is called commencement. And that means you are fit to commence learning because you have learned hot to learn.”
“We expect a horse race, ... The reality is that competition drives all innovation. Intel did nothing with its 386 chip for five years until AMD introduced its own version in 1991.”
“I dressed up as a veterinarian for a Halloween costume party. I had the lab coat. I got a couple of stuffed animals for patients and put bandages on them.”
“I grew up in a conservative household. That was the life of the time in Egypt: a conservative, middle-class household.”
“There was very little about her face and figure that was in any way remarkable, but it was the sort of face which, when animated by conversation or laughter, is completely transformed. She had a lovely disposition, a quick mind and a fondness for the comical. She was always very ready to smile and, since a smile is the most becoming ornament that any lady can wear, she had been known upon occasion to outshine women who were acknowledged beauties in three countries.”
“Down the ancient corridors through the gates of time, run the ghosts of dreams that we have left behind.”

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