"A modern teacher educates children to value their emotions."

-- Haim Ginott

#Teacher Quotes #Children Quotes #Emotion Quotes

“I was working on a satirical novel about a charismatic preacher who takes over a small Indiana town. Then I remembered Jim Jones was from Indiana and Googled him. I learned that the FBI had recently released all the documents that agents collected from Jonestown after the massacre - over 50,000 pieces of paper and almost 1,000 audio tapes. I started reading the files and couldn't tear myself away; I find "true" stories inherently more powerful than fiction.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Like, shopping, in a way, has the same dynamic as smoking. Because what happens in shopping is, you're bored, you're frustrated, you have this negative emotion and instead of letting the emotion play out, be honest, confronting it, and letting yourself feel pain, you go buy something that takes you out of yourself and feels fun and exciting. But you have to go back to yourself.”
“Music, uniquely among the arts, is both completely abstract and profoundly emotional. It has no power to represent anything particular or external, but it has a unique power to express inner states or feelings. Music can pierce the heart directly; it needs no mediation.”

Source : Oliver Sacks (2008). “Musicophilia”, p.232, Vintage
“I saw someone label me as a dubstep producer but I'm definitely not a dubstep producer. There's nothing wrong with that, though, because that's major. But it's like a school bus driver being labeled as a NASCAR driver. I would love to be a NASCAR driver, but I drive buses for a living.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“A Constitution is not the act of a Government, but of a people constituting a government, and a government without a constitution is a power without right.”
“Somehow when you see a politician kiss a baby, shake a hand -- kiss anything -- it is tainted.”
“The only thing to worry about is the damage that can be done by worrying. Why are some scientists worried? Perhaps because they feel that to stop worrying may mean to stop being paid.”

Source : "An Unrepentant Prognosticator". Interview with Mari Krueger, www.gelfmagazine.com. April 24, 2007.
“Set boundaries and keep them. People will drown you with their need, and demonize you for not filling their emptiness.”

Source : Twitter post from Jun 30, 2014

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