"Suicide Note: The calm, Cool face of the river Asked me for a kiss. -Langston Hughes"

-- Kay Redfield Jamison

#Suicide Quotes #Kissing Quotes #Rivers Quotes

“There have been tons of politicians who were slow to accept equal rights when it meant changes in the established social order. Many eventually came around, admitted they were wrong, and were forgiven. But the ones who actively choose hate-mongering don't ever get a pass.”

Source : "Marriage Security and Insecurities". Interview with David Brooks, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. March 27, 2013.
“Mel Gibson would not be a good James Bond”
“The gross debaucheries and atrocious cruelties are covered with a resplendent mental veil because of the systematic exposition of the philosophic principles in all fields of vice. Its justification by logical method as well as by precepts and examples only makes vice more horrible in effect, both for degenerate and normal beings”
“Running a successful, growing company in Silicon Valley can create an ironic sort of depression and delusion. The better you're doing, the higher the stakes, and higher expectations for you to win. Maybe that's why people say it's so hard. But that doesn't make it hard. That just makes it distracting.”

Source : "Honestly, It's Not All That Hard To Start A Company" by David Ulevitch, www.businessinsider.com. November 20, 2012.
“I just love {LeBron James} so much. We're soul mates.”
“His leaving had been like snipping off the end of a rope - leaving two unraveling strands.”
“I have a controversial opinion about evil, because I don't believe evil exists. I believe that actions are dark and destructive but I don't believe evil is a thing. I believe it's a by-product of man's fear and desperation.”
“Not many composers have ideas. Far more of them know how to use strange instruments which do not require ideas.”

Source : 1930 'The Composer in the Machine Age'.

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