"Any woman who wishes to be an intellectual, to write non-fiction, to deal with theory, faces a lot of discrimination coming her way and perhaps even self-doubt because there aren't that many who've gone before you. And I think that the most powerful tool we can have is to be clear about our intent. To know what it is we want to do rather than going into institutions thinking that the institution is going to frame for us."

-- Bell Hooks

#Powerful Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Sex doesn't sell as well as we thought. If we would not sell the Van Gogh and Co., it would be a very serious problem.”
“'Colonialism' and 'democracy' are two contradictory terms. In order to be 'democratic' a country has to be free. Right now, Indonesian people are slaves: of the West and of their local elites.”

Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org
“Besides, we weren't made to battle villains, because there weren't any. No nation, creed, or race was any better or worse than another; all were flawed, all were equally doomed to suffering, mostly because they couldn't see that they were all alike. Mortals might have been contemptible, true, but not evil entirely. They did enjoy killing one another and frequently came up with ingenious excuses for doing so on a grand scale-religions, economic theories, ethnic pride-but we couldn't condemn them for it, as it was in their mortal natures and they were too stupid to know any better.”

Source : Kage Baker (2005). “In the Garden of Iden”, p.51, Macmillan
“Rap is like a set-up...a lot of games, A lot of suckers with colorful names. 'I'm so-and-so,' 'I'm this, I'm that.' But they all just wick-wick-wack.”
“I've got to be honest, I absolutely don't like designing romances. I think that you get a lot more drama and impact from failed romances, or unrequited relationships that occur in games. I think that creates more player tension.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“You try to become the character that you're working with. So for me, I try to block out the cameras and try to trick my mind that this is actually happening.”
“(talking about his children) "I'm interested in avoiding two types of behaviour: one is the sense of guilt and the other is a sense of entitlement. If these two are avoided, then the rest is up to them.”

Source : "Unlikely Heir Who Saved the Family Jewels". Financial Times, March 06, 2011.
“No one can see your life the way you see it.”

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