"I believe in the power of the imagination to remake the world, to release the truth within us, to hold back the night, to transcend death, to charm motorways, to ingratiate ourselves with birds, to enlist the confidences of madmen."

-- J. G. Ballard

#Believe Quotes #Night Quotes #Imagination Quotes

“While I wholeheartedly support finding cost savings through efficiencies in all areas of the federal government, including defense, I will resist any actions that would compromise our nationâ€™s qualitative edge when it comes to national defense. It is well known that weakness invites aggression. Threats do not always announce themselves in advance. In order to prepare for unpredictable threats, we must modernize our defense systems. We certainly cannot let them age and deteriorate.”
“I think how I've gotten better, hopefully, at taking what I've got and being able to mish-mash something together, and as long as it feels real to me in the moment, then it feels like a success.”

Source : "Alia Shawkat" by Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 29, 2016.
“The journey back is always longer than the forward run.”
“One cannot really be a Catholic and grown up.”
“Women were going back to work, they were assuming their own power. They didn't have time to sit under the dryer.”

Source : "The Surprising Story Of The ’Anti-Fascist Warrior Hairdresser’ Vidal Sassoon" by Tiffany Gabbay, www.businessinsider.com. May 9, 2012.
“Once you have lived with another, it is a great torture to have to live alone.”
“Black Consciousness therefore takes cognizance of the deliberateness of God's plan in creating Black people black.”
“I've always found that word [â€œhipsterâ€] is used with such disdain, like it's always used by chubby bloggers who aren't getting laid anymore and are bored, and they're just so mad at these young kids for going out and getting wasted and having fun and being fashionable,”

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