"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric."

-- Bertrand Russell

#Confidence Quotes #Being Yourself Quotes #Fear Quotes

“I think since I'm not particularly well-known as myself, it's funny all the different perceptions people have of me. Like, if someone's only seen me in 'Death Proof,' they think I'm sort of a ditzy girl who says stupid things and wears revealing outfits all the time.”
“When I was a kid I never learned to play. I actually got in bands through watching people play and copying them.”
“The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth.”
“No bird in a cage ever speaks. What is there to say? The sky is everywhere, churning above its head, blue and endless, calling out to it. But the caged bird can't answer anything except 'I cannot'.”
“American Journalism is deadâ€¦ They have behaved like hockey goalies in front of Barack Obamaâ€™s net.”
“But it had no doubt sprung from true emotion, for all that parents ever wanted, really, was for you to love their child the way they did.”

Source : Meg Wolitzer (2011). “The Uncoupling: A Novel”, p.21, Penguin
“Our trip to Moscow opens new prospects for peace in the Middle East. Our people want simple things: to be free and to have sovereignty. All this is impossible without an end to the occupation.”
“people who seem most hostile to my presence are those most fearful of my fate. And since their fear keeps them emotionally distant from me, they are the ones least likely to learn that my life isn't half so dismal as they assume.”

Source : Nancy Mairs (2001). “Waist-High In The World: A Life Among the Nondisabled”, p.102, Beacon Press

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