"If I do not speak in a language that can be understood there is little chance for a dialogue."

-- Bell Hooks

#Littles Quotes #Chance Quotes #Language Quotes

“Foolishly play with the fires of rumor, only to risk being burned by its treacherous flames.”

Source : "Queens of the Stone Age enlist army of skeletons for 'witch'" by James Montgomery, www.mtv.com. October 11, 2005.
“You create your luck by being healthy and not regretting the past or being anxious about the future.”

Source : "The Ultimate Cheat Sheet For Starting And Running Your Business". techcrunch.com. August 24, 2013.
“Never does any pride enter the heart of a man exÂcept that his inÂtelÂliÂgence deÂcreases by the same amount.”
“Laissez Faire, laissez passer. Let it be, let it pass. The phrase is not readily translatable. It was widely used by the Physiocrats in urging freedom from government interference and was adopted by Adam Smith.”
“It would be nice to think that a censor could allow a genuine work of artistic seriousness and ban a titillating piece of sadism, but it would take a miracle to make such a distinction stick.”
“You know, be an actor because you love to act. Don't be an actor because you think you're going to get famous, because that's luck.”
“It's a new normal and I really do think that global weirding is the best way to describe what we're seeing.”

Source : "Floods, Droughts Are ‘New Normal’ Of Extreme U.S. Weather Fueled By Climate Change, Scientists Say". www.huffingtonpost.com. May 19, 2011.
“Zen values the simple, concrete, living facts of everyday direct personal experience.”

Source : James H. Austin (1999). “Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness”, p.12, MIT Press

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