"Familiarity so dulls the edge of perception as to make us least acquainted with things forming part of our daily life."

-- Julia Ward Howe

#Perception Quotes #Daily Life Quotes #Familiarity Quotes

“Let us show, not merely in great crises, but in every day of life, qualities of practical intelligence, of hardihood and endurance, and above all, the power of devotion to a lofty ideal.”
“Americans should demand real news, more transparency and more truth.”
“In order to inhabit a villain, you mustn't care what the audience think of you. That's not why you are there. You mustn't care for a second whether the audience likes you or dislikes you. Your villain has to be way beyond that.”
“It's hard to determine where lies culpability.”
“Our biggest national security threat is the environmental destruction of our planet and the arms race with ourselves.”

Source : "John Bolton CPAC Speech Lambasts Obama". www.huffingtonpost.com. March 6, 2014.
“If your beliefs are stressful and you question them, you come to see that they aren't true - whereas prior to questioning, you absolutely believe them. How can you live in joy when you're believing thoughts that bring on sadness, frustration, anger, alienation, and loneliness?”
“But whither am I strayed? I need not raise Trophies to thee from other men's dispraise; Nor is thy fame on lesser ruins built; Nor needs thy juster title the foul guilt Of Eastern kings, who, to secure their reign, Must have their brothers, sons, and kindred slain.”

Source : John Denham, “On Mr. John Fletcher's Works”
“If there were mistakes, there were mistakes. But a man has to have a line of work, no?”

Source : "Whiteout: The CIA, Drugs, and the Press". Book by Alexander Cockburn, p. 184, 1998.

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