"Some people are trapped by the belief that love comes in finite quantities, and that our kind of love exhausts the supply upon which they need to draw. I do not accept competitive models of love, only additive ones."

-- Andrew Solomon

#People Quotes #Needs Quotes #Belief Quotes

“My problem with the wedding industry started when I studied in college and liked to have the television on in the background, and 'A Wedding Story' on TLC always came on, and I'd get irritated that the story of two people making a lifelong commitment to each other could be encapsulated in a half-hour show about the party they throw.”
“The French say you get hungry when youâ€™re eating, and I get inspired when Iâ€™m working. Itâ€™s my engine”
“It's not great if someone gives you sort of bland praise without giving you clear direction and say, "This is good, let's try it like this." I have worked with someone who seemed quite inarticulate and just would say, "That's good, that's good." That's very frustrating because - it's nice to know something is good but you know it can always change.”
“The consequence of Mr. Bush's and Blair's historic lie that the reason for invading Iraq was weapons of mass destruction, is that everything is being doubted.”
“My mission is to lead the country out of a bad situation of corruption, depression and slavery. After I rid the country of these vices, I will then organize and supervise a general election of a genuinely democratic civilian government.”

Source : Attributed in "Uganda, the Human Rights Situation" by United States Congress. Senate, (p. 13), 1978.
“Now I know why they tell you to put your head between your knees on crash landings. You think you're going to kiss your ***** good-bye.”
“I always stay active, even if Im on vacation.”
“I wanted a shark that's big enough to eat you, and in a large enough amount of liquid so that you could imagine you were in there with it.”

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