"If you donâ€™t define yourself for yourself then you will be crushed into other's fantasies of you and eaten alive"

-- Audre Lorde

#Alive Quotes #Fantasy Quotes #Define Yourself Quotes

“I really believe amendment " to make English our common and unifying language" is racist. I think it's directed basically to people who speak Spanish.”
“I think it's relatively easy to play defense against a team that can only do one thing. Unfortunately, that's not what we're talking about here with Seattle.”
“All love is probationary, a fact which frightens women and exhilarates men.”
“Words are everything. Words give wings even to those who have been stamped upon, broken beyond all hope of repair.”

Source : Samantha Shannon (2015). “The Mime Order”, p.459, A&C Black
“Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.”

Source : Ugo Betti (1964). “Three plays on justice: Landslide. Struggle till dawn. The fugitive”
“I perceive the world through the wide range of emotions that whirl all around in it.”
“Our prevailing system of management has destroyed our people. People are born with intrinsic motivation, self-respect, dignity, curiosity to learn, joy in learning. The forces of destruction begin with toddlers - a prize for the best Halloween costume, grades in school, gold stars - and on up through the university. On the job people, teams, and divisions are ranked, reward for the top, punishment for the bottom. Management by Objectives, quotas, incentive pay, business plans, put together separately, division by division, cause further loss, unknown and unknowable.”
“Addiction isnt about substance - you arent addicted to the substance, you are addicted to the alteration of mood that the substance brings.”

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