"We have this sacred cow in our society that what the majority of people want is rightÂ—but is it? Our populace can't really be informed, not the majority of themÂ—most people vote the way they have been manipulated and by the way they have responded to that manipulationÂ—they are working out their own patterns of wishful thinking on the social environment in which they live."

-- David Gerrold

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Work Out Quotes

“It's so much better to hand over a finished book than having all these people waiting.”
“For the past 25 years as an adoption attorney, I have witnessed the extraordinary courage and compassion of women - from age 14 to 40 - facing unplanned pregnancy. Not once did I believe that the government should interfere with their personal and private decision.”

Source : "The Case for Contraception" by Rep. Ann McLane Kuster, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 16, 2012.
“There is no future without forgiveness”
“Good. If you checked your e-mail every five minutes, or keep texting and Tweeting in the middle of our conversation, I might snap your neck out of sheer principle.”
“I became almost immediately fascinated by the possibilities of trying out all conceivable reactions with them, some leading to explosions, others to unbearable poisoning of the air in our house, frightening my parents.”
“Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.”

Source : Ovid (2015). “The Art Of Love”, p.30, Ovid
“There are mothers that feel they made a mistake by having a kid at a very young age and they didn't get to live their life.”
“I just thought, given the practicalities of financing an independent movie, you have to have some names. That's just the way it works. You have to have a name that can get you foreign pre-sales.”

Source : "Director George Ratliff Interview SALVATION BOULEVARD". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. July 13, 2011.

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