"The imaginations which people have of one another are the solid facts of society."

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Source : Charles Horton Cooley (1992). “Human Nature and the Social Order”, p.22, Transaction Publishers

Charles Horton Cooley

#People Quotes #Imagination Quotes #Facts Quotes

“Live life to the fullest everyday, 'cause we never know what day will be our last.”
“The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything.”

Source : "Edward Snowden, NSA files source: 'If they want to get you, in time they will'". Interview with Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill, www.theguardian.com. June 10, 2013.
“You small mortals don't realize the power of your stories.”

Source : "Vampires in the Lemon Grove". Book by Karen Russell, February 12, 2013.
“As if you were on fire from within. The moon lives in the lining of your skin.”
“I preferred the weapons of dialectic to all the other teachings of philosophy, and armed with these, I chose the conflicts of disputation rather than the trophies of war.”
“For me context is the key - from that comes the understanding of everything.”
“I think that's the hardest part for an artist is finding their voice and learning how to write, finding what they have to say that is unique.”
“Why should you love him whom the world hates so? Because he love me more than all the world.”

Source : Christopher Marlowe, E. E. Reynolds (2014). “Edward the Second”, p.14, Cambridge University Press

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