"There is a vast territory between what we're trying to leave behind, and where we want to go - and we don't have any maps for that territory."

-- Charles Eisenstein

#Trying Quotes #Maps Quotes #Want Quotes

“I didn't want to raise my child in Hollywood.”
“Growing up and applying to college, I just imagined that I would study acting. But then, once I went to college, I realized I was more interested in all the aspects of filmmaking as opposed to all the aspects of theater, which is what you would have to do if you studied acting at a liberal arts school. And so I thought, "Oh, I'll meet directors and filmmakers, and I'm an actress, so I'll become friends with them and hopefully be in their movies." And then It worked!”
“I think war is a dangerous place.”
“It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.”
“Once I became historically aware, I realized there are these formative moments of history tied around tragedy and disaster and sacrifice, that led people to survive and take stock and move on with some kind of notion of betterment.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“We know that the white man does not understand our ways. One portion of land is the same to him as the next, for he is a stranger who comes in the night and takes from the land whatever he needs. The earth is not his brother, but his enemy, and when he has conquered it, he moves on.”

Source : Seattle (Chief) (1976). “Chief Seattle's Testimony”
“When love congeals It soon reveals The faint aroma of performing seals, The double-crossing of a pair of heels. I wish I were in love again!”

Source : "I Wish I Were in Love Again" (song) (1937)
“King gives you this 'bro' stuff and tells you that the white man did this and we should stick together. Then he starts cutting your purse. I was with him for six years. You put your head in a noose when you sign with Don King.”

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