"Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible only if today's makes way for it; that each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding one."

-- Andre Gide

#Happiness Quotes #Loyalty Quotes #Past Quotes

“Modern totalitarianism can be defined as the establishment, by means of the state of exception, of a legal civil war that allows for the physical elimination not only of political adversaries but of entire categories of citizens who for some reason cannot be integrated into the political system”

Source : Giorgio Agamben (2008). “State of Exception”, p.2, University of Chicago Press
“If you have fun doing something, you also take it seriously.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I can pinpoint the moment when my first band recorded, when I was 14 and 15 years old. I always enjoyed writing songs and playing, but there was something about going in and capturing it that felt very Zen and perfect for me. A light switch went on and I just realized that's where my musical capacity was the most suited. I just followed on blind faith that that was like a calling for me.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org
“Choices lead to habits. Habits become talents. Talents are labeled gifts. Youâ€™re not born this way, you get this way.”
“The Social LicenseÂ is fundamentally about accountability to people and not just powerful interests. John Morrisonâ€™s book reminds all organizations â€“ governments, business and civil society â€“ to focus on the legitimacy of their own actions.”
“Good design is clear thinking made visible, bad design is stupidity made visible”
“I always dressed funny or weird, if you want to call it that. It was always part of who I am and I dressed in my freakish way a long time before we ever thought about founding Orgy.”
“If I earn a million dollars a week and the average American earns a thousand dollars a week, then when I spend twenty thousand dollars on something itâ€™s the equivalent of the average American spending twenty dollars on something, right?”

Source : Jordan Belfort (2007). “The Wolf of Wall Street”, p.176, Bantam

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