"Itâ€™s better to think of my life like thatâ€” part miracle, part madness. Itâ€™s better if I accept that I canâ€™t control any of the things that matter. My life is a trail of shipwrecks and set-sails. There are no arrivals, no destinations; there are only sandbanks and shipwreck; then another boat, another tide."

-- Jeanette Winterson

#Thinking Quotes #Miracle Quotes #Tides Quotes

“I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.”
“Can teachers successfully educate children to think for themselves if teachers are not treated as professionals who think for themselves?”

Source : Diane Ravitch (2016). “The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education”, p.72, Basic Books
“All vets are mentally ill in some way and government should prevent them from owning firearms.”
“Raja yoga is the mental practice and incorporates meditation, pranayama, and mudra. What are the benefits of having a raja yoga practice? The benefit is spirituality.”
“There's not a sense that the person who is waiting on the table is somehow a lesser person that the person who is eating in the restaurant.”
“We're the first generation that doesn't need to be afraid of the media. We will become the media”
“I think women have made progress in cinematography, contrary to women directors, who I think have regressed. There are many more women cinematographers than when I started.”
“I study history because I am interested in the future.”

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