"Male mastery in marriage is a social illusion, nurtured by women exhorting their creations to play and walk. At the emotional heart of every marriage is a pietÃ of mother and son."

-- Camille Paglia

#Mother Quotes #Heart Quotes #Son Quotes

“For me and my family personally, September 11 was a reminder that life is fleeting, impermanent, and uncertain. Therefore, we must make use of every moment and nurture it with affection, tenderness, beauty, creativity, and laughter.”
“I think when you are truly stuck, when you have stood still in the same spot for too long, you throw a grenade in exactly the spot you were standing in, and jump, and pray. It is the momentum of last resort.”

Source : Renata Adler (2013). “Speedboat”, p.29, New York Review of Books
“It is because you have the typical American habit of seeing everything as a test. You see the mountain as your enemy and you set out to defeat it. So, naturally, the mountain fights back and it is stronger than you are. We do not see the mountain as our enemy to be conquered. The purpose of our climb is to become one with the mountain and so it lifts us up and carries us along.”
“I just feel like [creativity] is a reflection of the world around me and I don't think you can divorce yourself from that. So I don't really think in terms of, 'Do you still have it?' Even if I was doing something new, I think I would be engaged in the same process.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“But the scientific importance of a change in knowledge of fact consists precisely in j its having consequences for a system of theory.”
“I come from a coal-mining, working-class background. My father was a coal miner.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“You know, I've learned that sometimes you can only see what you want to see by changing where you stand. And standing somewhere unexpected can lead to unexpected discoveries.”
“I'm a Top 40 record guy. I remember the hits and don't remember the flops. Something in my brain blocks them out.”

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