"Trying to find comfort in perpetual discomfort has been my life's work."

-- Devendra Banhart

#Trying Quotes #Comfort Quotes #Discomfort Quotes

“I know there are California oranges and Florida oranges. When I'm in Florida, I like Florida oranges. Today, I think California oranges are the best, of course.”
“I learned that every mortal will taste death. But only some will taste life.”
“Hamas is responsible and Hamas will pay.”
“Freedom is never given; it is won.”

Source : Keynote speech given at the Second National Negro Congress, 1937.
“American critics of welfare statism are often surprised to learn that countries like West Germany, with a much more comprehensive welfare state and a statistically larger public sector, have fewer government employees per capita than the United States does.”

Source : Robert Kuttner (1987). “The Economic Illusion: False Choices Between Prosperity and Social Justice”, p.23, University of Pennsylvania Press
“Let people hide in their homes, caged like chickens. Cowards deserve no better.”

Source : Peter V. Brett (2015). “The Demon Cycle 3-Book Bundle: The Warded Man, The Desert Spear, The Daylight War”, p.508, Del Rey
“Nuclear power has died of an incurable attack of market forces and is way beyond any hope of revival, because the competitors are several-fold cheaper and are getting rapidly more so.”
“I get really sad when people say, 'I'm no good. I haven't been cast in a pilot.' It doesn't mean you're not good; it just means someone hasn't seen you yet. It doesn't mean that in real life you're not the greatest actor.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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