"We can rarely tell others what we really think about them--not just because it would so wound them, but also because it would so wound ourselves."

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Source : Douglas Kennedy (2013). “The Douglas Kennedy Collection #2: Temptation, The Woman in the Fifth, and Leaving the World”, p.1150, Simon and Schuster

Douglas Kennedy

#Thinking Quotes #Wounds Quotes

“Action leads to Attention. that in the short-term releases Rewarding brain chemicals and in the long term improves reproductive success.”
“When I was born, God existed. But I never knew Him. I just never knew Him until Guru Maharaj Ji came into my life, till Guru Maharaj Ji came in my way, and showed me and revealed me that secret. And the day he did that, there it was, I knew God.”
“I'm not thinking about what needs to be on the radio. I'm not thinking about anything other than - I'm just going to let this music come out of me and not have any sort of preconceived notion of what I should do. I'm just going to do it.”
“The fortitude of a Christian consists in patience, not in enterprises which the poets call heroic, and which are commonly the effects of interest, pride and worldly honor.”
“It's important for that to exist in a society that doesn't present you with any genuine problems.”
“I did not imagine that the second half of my life would be spent on efforts to avert a mortal danger to humanity created by science.”

Source : Joseph Rotblat, Daisaku Ikeda (2007). “A Quest for Global Peace: Rotblat and Ikeda on War, Ethics and the Nuclear Threat”, p.129, I.B.Tauris
“I don't like doing action movies. They're not that interesting... it's fun to do the physical element but the really fun stuff, like running into exploding buildings, they won't let you do. There's too much money riding on you not getting hurt. But yes, there's something exhilarating in just sitting on a beach with somebody having a real conversation. There's something exhilarating about being open and honest.”

Source : Source: film.avclub.com
“Some people have recognized their friends in my paintings, but I'm not directly responsible for any hooking up as far as I know!”

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