"We see things not as they are, but as we are. Your addictions distort how you process the enormous flow of information that is constantly flooding in through all of your sensory inputs."

-- Ken Keyes Jr.

#Addiction Quotes #Flow Quotes #Input Quotes

“The premise of 'Deadline' forced me to go against my own grain with a character determined to find all that is valuable in that time. I believe this is a story about redemption; how, even with the best intentions, it's sometimes found and sometimes not.”

Source : Megan McCafferty (2010). “The Complete Jessica Darling Series: Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, Perfect Fifths”, p.458, Crown
“Half the game is mental, the other half is being mental.”
“Step beyond right and wrong, and resist passing judgment. Who you've been and what you've experienced in the past isn't good . . . and it isn't bad. You might not know the whole story.”

Source : Denise Linn (2010). “Past Lives, Present Miracles”, p.91, ReadHowYouWant.com
“Since achieving their independence in 1992, the people of Croatia have built a democratic society based on the rule of law, respect for human rights, and a free market economy.”
“At Cambridge, it was the weirdest culture. Everyone pretended they didn't do any work, yet it was so competitive.”
“If you go long enough without a bath, even the fleas will let you alone.”
“As Buddy Rich, for instance, broke into the business at the age of three, I think it was, on drums, so indeed did I break into the business at the age of four as a singer.”
“I'm not explaining this right. What happened was this. There were these beautiful feelings and loose little pleasures inside me. And this woman was something like an assembly line for my soul. I run these little pieces of myself through her and I come out complete. Now do you follow me?”

Source : Carson McCullers (1964). “The ballad of the sad café”

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