"I'm like Madonna: I'm Ming-Na. Just my first and middle name. That's it. Pure and simple."

-- Ming-Na Wen

#Simple Quotes #Names Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Christians must lean on the Cross of Christ just as travelers lean on a staff when they begin a long journey.”
“I am also, I must confess, a little sceptical of the theory that we have a right, if we could, to pass on our capital burden to future generations. I remarked last year in this context that our predecessors had not passed any significant part of their burden on to us.”

Source : Official Report of Proceedings of the Hong Kong Legislative Council (p. 134), March 29, 1963.
“Artists erase reality to a greater or lesser extent, and substitute their own reality - created by their brains, instead.”
“Mindfulness is about finding ways to slow down and pay attention to the present moment-which improves performance and reduces stress. It’s about having the time and space to attend to what’s right in front of us, even though many other forces are trying to keep us stuck in the past or inviting us to fantasize or worry about the future. It’s about a natural quality each of us possesses, and which we can further develop in just a few minutes a day.”

Source : Tim Ryan (2012). “A Mindful Nation: How a Simple Practice Can Help Us Reduce Stress, Improve Performance, and Recapture the American Spirit”, p.17, Hay House, Inc
“I tend to think of writing as a more collaborative project than I think some people do.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I do think, in the future, headlamps are probably going to be smaller, slimmer. I also think that a lot of designers will start playing around with the daylight running lights. That gives a lot of character to the vehicles in different ways, so I think designers are going to play around with that to try and give each brand a certain DNA so you can almost recognize what car it is when you look at the headlamps.”

Source : "Interview: Henrik Fisker talks new companies, the future of car design and ... minivans". Interview with C.C. Weiss, newatlas.com. December 24, 2016.
“Atheism, a religion dedicated to its own sense of smug superiority.”
“I sleep with a glass of water on the nightstand so I can see by its level if the coastal earth is trembling or if the shaking is still me.”

Source : Amy Hempel, Rick Moody (2007). “The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel”, p.39, Simon and Schuster

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