"The desire for magic cannot be eradicated. Even the most supposedly rational people attempt to practice magic in love and war. We simultaneously possess the most primitive of brain stems and the most sophisticated of cortices. The imperatives of each coexist uneasily."

-- Erica Jong

#War Quotes #Practice Quotes #People Quotes

“The world needs different kinds of minds to work together.”
“Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.”
“Love isn't a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.”
“I think that life expectancy over the last 10 years has increased dramatically. You're living longer.”
“Television is fantastic because you get to follow a group of characters over time, and their stories can enrich and surprise you. And you get to work with a group of people over time as well, which can be very satisfying with the right group.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“...much of what was said did not matter, and that much of what mattered could not be said.”

Source : Katherine Boo (2012). “Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity”, p.172, Random House
“A president must make decisions based upon principle and stand by the principles by which he makes decisions in order to achieve peace.”
“But you can't make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up around them. It can't last.”

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