"The most basic activism we can have in our lives is to live consciously in a nation living in fantasies. Living consciously is living with a core of healthy self-esteem. You will face reality, you will not delude yourself."

-- Bell Hooks

#Self Esteem Quotes #Reality Quotes #Healthy Quotes

“I am bit sending messages with my feet. All I ever wanted was not to come up empty. I did it for the dough and the old applause.”
“You can't treat Russia like a guilty schoolboy who has to put a cross on a piece of paper to show he has done his homework. That kind of language is unacceptable.”
“Like when you go to a magic show and you know how they do the illusions. That's how I am when I watch any movies where they have people flying through the air.”
“The timelessness is completely important. It's partly about removing things that would become in some way nostalgic. There aren't really any markers of time, like furniture or a particular style of shoe that denote a particular period or place. I think that's why I like the outdoors, because it removes a sense of time and I want the painting to feel timeless, because it increases that sense of omnipotence.”
“I represent an emerging group of leaders within the Jewish community who are conservatives; not just fiscal conservatives, but social conservatives as well.”
“Everything Michael Jackson does on stage is exactly right.”
“There's never been a true war that wasn't fought between two sets of people who were certain they were in the right. The really dangerous people believe they are doing whatever they are doing solely and only because it is without question the right thing to do. And that is what makes them dangerous.”
“Well, any good comeback needs some true believers.”

Source : John Boehner's Speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, www.politico.com. September 4, 2012.

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