"Even in merely reading a fairytale, we must let go our daylight convictions and trust ourselves to be guided by dark figures, in silence; and when we come back, it may be very hard to describe where we have been."

-- Ursula K. Le Guin

#Letting Go Quotes #Reading Quotes #Dark Quotes

“The only way to get what you're worth is to stand out, to exert emotional labor, to be seen as indispensable, and to produce interactions that organizations and people care deeply about.”
“It is not possible for minds degraded by a host of trivial concerns to ever rise to anything great.”
“Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce.”
“My son was born somewhat late in my life and I just found myself really feeling like I didn't want to miss out on being a parent and being with him, and not wanting a situation where I was constantly pulled back and forth between being present, and having all these other pressures and considerations.”
“As someone who grew up in a house where there wasn't a lot of talking, I'm used to just looking at the world. And in general I often feel like I just don't understand what's happening. That everybody else does, but I don't quite get it.”

Source : "'This film is unmarketable'". Interview with Pascal Wyse, www.theguardian.com. October 25, 2006.
“The ability of human beings to be creative depends fundamentally on the health and well-being of our biosphere, the few kilometres of air, water, and soil that surround our planet like the skin of an apple. Quite simply, they are the physical and spiritual bases of our lives, and the only source of materials and tools...”
“I like reading for things. I've shown up for jobs before where I haven't read for them, and there's something kind of intimidating about that - where the first words they'll hear from me are when they call "action." There's something about actually going in and earning a part and going, like, "Okay, they really liked what I did, and so I'm on the right track."”
“Getting smart on crime' does not mean reducing sentences or punishments for crimes.”

Source : Kamala Harris (2010). “Smart on Crime”, p.13, Chronicle Books

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