"Conventionality is the tacit agreement to set appearances before reality, form before content ..."

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Source : Ellen Key (1911). “The Morality of Woman: And Other Essays”

Ellen Key

#Reality Quotes #Agreement Quotes #Appearance Quotes

“Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood.”
“After decimating several vegetables, I decide juicing is my favorite form of food preparation. There's something perversely appealing about subjecting an innocent plant to that much violence.”

Source : A. J. Jacobs (2012). “Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection”, p.226, Simon and Schuster
“For nearly a decade Democrats have sought a religious wedge issue that could separate big chunks of white evangelical voters from their Republican home. Now they've found it, and are thrusting at the Social Darwinist/Ayn Rand underbelly of American conservatism.”

Source : "Christian Right Says Ayn Rand Could Split GOP" by Eric Sapp, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 8, 2011.
“For the longest time, I thought I was a boy. I really did. I wore boys' clothes, played tag football.”
“I'm not a massive fan of just playing myself on screen. If you can play lots of different characters, that's fun. As long as the material is good, that's what the attraction is for me.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I fought Sugar [Ray Robinson] so many times that I'm lucky I didn't get diabetes”
“My trumpeting sounds like a goose farting in the fog.”
“Your mind is the greatest home entertainment center ever created. It requires contemplative silence to really discover who you truly are. You have immense talents, resources and abilities that are untapped.”

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