"It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them."

-- Bill Vaughan

#Nice Quotes #Would Be Quotes #Half Quotes

“What we are missing, utterly and completely, in this government is accountability.”
“But they can't know how the dark space inside me is growing. I lie to them. I can't get out of the dark hole. 'Peace is here' it whispers.”

Source : Lurlene McDaniel (2009). “Breathless”, p.63, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
“Man at last knows that he is alone in the unfeeling immensity of the universe, out of which he emerged only by chance. Neither his destiny nor his duty have been written down. The kingdom above or the darkness below: it is for him to choose.”
“I will no longer take anyone's word for my experience.”
“I like to think there's more to a person than just one thing.”

Source : "Fictional character: Aimee". "The Spectacular Now", www.imdb.com. 2013.
“I realized that most thoughts are impersonal happenings, like self-assembling machines. Unless we train ourselves, the thoughts passing through our mind have little involvement with our will. It is strange to realize that even our own thoughts pass by like scenery out the window of a bus, a bus we took by accident while trying to get somewhere else. Most of the time, thinking is an autonomous process, something that happens outside of our control. This perception of machine-like quality of the self is something many people discover, then try to overcome, through meditation.”

Source : Daniel Pinchbeck (2002). “Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism”, p.129, Three Rivers Press
“I come from a family of very strong women, women who have endured very tough lives in hopes of a better one for their children.”

Source : "TIFF Women Directors: Meet Afia Nathaniel – ‘Dukhtar’". Interview with Laura Berger, www.indiewire.com. September 4, 2014.
“Feelings are facts. Look straight at 'em and deal with 'em. Work it through, as honestly as you can. If God is anything like a middle-class white chick from the suburbs, which I admit is a long shot, it's what you do about what you feel that matters.”

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