"Why can't people have what they want? The things were all there to content everybody; yet everybody has the wrong thing."

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Source : Ford Madox Ford (2015). “The Good Soldier”, p.190, Booklassic

Ford Madox Ford

#People Quotes #Want Quotes

“Hiddenness is the place of purification. In hiddenness we find our true selves.”
“In 1993, I had my Super Show in Red Square, Moscow. No one before me had ever gotten permission to use that location and my show included fashion, fireworks, and dancing. I felt like it really communicated my heartfelt belief that all human beings are wonderful and unique individuals.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“I say the phone records of law abiding citizens are none of their damn business!”
“In America, karma is best expressed in popular phrases like what goes around, comes around and what you sow, you will reap. Karma has also been referred to as having a boomerang effect where the thoughts and actions that you send out into the world turn around and come back at you... Jesus says, Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Karma goes a step further and dictates that What you do unto others will come back to you. I think Jesus and the Hindus really had the same idea. Think about that the next time you want to say or do something nasty to someone else!”
“Journalism talk is part of the nonstop background noise of American life.”
“If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months.”
“I am also actively involved in my church and its community activities. We have programs to improve the lives of our congregation and programs of outreach in the community.”
“I started in a business background, but then it was like, 'you know, I can't do math,' so I changed it to a liberal arts degree and got my Bachelor of Arts in Communications and it made sense.”

Source : TheCelebrityCafe.com interview, thecelebritycafe.com. November 23, 2011.

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