"I wish I had never got manic depression. When I was in junior high, I didn't know what was the matter with me. It was as if I'd died or something. Now that I go to a clinic and get the right kind of medicine, I am not as depressed as I used to be."

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Source : Interview With Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. August 5, 2011.

Daniel Johnston

#Medicine Quotes #Wish Quotes #Juniors Quotes

“The negro has suffered far more from the commission of this crime against the women of his race by white men than the white race has ever suffered through his crimes.”
“The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.”
“I wonder a lot about making things meaningful. You want to do meaningful work and make art, but you're making records, which is good, but you don't want to weight them - it's a very curious thing.”

Source : Interview with Chris Dahlen, pitchfork.com. March 6, 2005.
“When you come from a big family, you see that, growing up, you're learning how to share. Your sisters have got your back; you're not alone in this - 'We all support you!' Your family provides that; it gives you a sense of safety, and it's a very grounding feeling.”
“I would be very happy to go to America. America is where I was raised and that's exactly what I want.”
“That ability to see the right choice, but not until several hours have passed since making the wrong one? That's what makes a person a dumbass, folks.”

Source : David Wong (2011). “John Dies at the End”, p.90, Titan Books
“for every person who's stepped out of line and lived to regret it, there are two people who stayed in line because they got their values mixed and lost their nerve, and who have lived to regret it still more. You don't hear about those people because they're still in line where they don't show.”
“When I need a word and do not find it in French, I select it from other tongues, and the reader has either to understand or translate me. Such is my fate.”

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