"You cannot observe people through an ideology. Your ideology observes for you."

-- Philip Roth

#People Quotes #Ideology Quotes

“the fundamental principle [of settlement work] remains: that people shall take up their residence in industrial communities, giving what they may have of public spirit, and partaking of the life about them; preserving their identity as individuals and endeavoring to keep the settlement free from the institutional form of philanthropic work. ... the relationship is reciprocal ...”
“I've learned that I am strong enough. When some people might have given up, I didn't. I found myself in situations where I had to make choices and I followed my instincts. You can't show people you're learning, because if you do, they will treat you like a kid. You have to grow up faster, not showing any fragility.”
“Never shall a man attain to the perfect love of God who has not loved to perfection some creature in this world.”

Source : "L'Heptameron". Book by Marguerite de Navarre (Second Day, Novel XIX; 1558), as translated by Samuel Putnam in his book "Marguerite of Navarre" (p. 53), 1935.
“My happy weight changes. Sometimes I eat more; sometimes I play more. I'll be different sizes all the time.”
“When I play my own music, or when I play new music, there's much more stress and intensity of thinking about how I'm going to make it work!”
“I don't like to be compared to Joe Jackson. because Joe Jackson, I think, took money to throw World Series games. Well, I know I bet on my own team to win. There's pretty much a big difference there, but both of us were wrong.”
“To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.”
“I've gone through my periods. I've read the Bible completely, all the way through twice. I did it once when I was about 20 and I did it again when I was about 30.”

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