"when these incorrigible talkers are compelled to be quiet, is it not evident that they are not silent because they are listening to what is said, but because they are thinking of what they themselves shall say when they can seize the first lucky interval, for which they are so narrowly watching?"

-- Hannah More

#Thinking Quotes #Talking Quotes #Listening Quotes

“Except when physically restrained, a person is least free or dignified when he is under threat of punishment, and unfortunately most people often are.”
“The definition of public art to me means everything and means nothing because for me, all art is public. Art has to be public by definition and in a way It has to be accessible to any audience not just a work in a museum or an art gallery.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
“When it comes to celebrating, act like you've been there before.”
“History should not be left to the historians. Rather, be like Churchill. Make history, and then write it.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Sharon Needles. Did I meet you at the free clinic?”
“The idea of nature contains, though often unnoticed, an extraordinary amount of human history.”

Source : Raymond Williams (2005). “Culture and Materialism: Selected Essays”, p.67, Verso
“It isn't what you earn but how spend it that fixes your class.”
“The fact that my dad was never around gave me a lot of determination. It really set this fire full of fuel, so to speak. It didn't matter what anybody was telling me, how many times I got rejected, because it was never as bad as being rejected by your own father.”

Source : "Guns N' Roses DJ Ashba: On Overcoming Obstacles with a Guitar". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. January 27, 2015.

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