"It's funny, because my last record was a lot about isolation and people living in separate worlds that other people can't even understand, which drug addiction is the perfect negative example of."

-- Aimee Mann

#People Quotes #Perfect Quotes #Addiction Quotes

“I have people constantly come up to me telling me that I have written their life. When I wrote the story I thought it was a pretty good story but I had no idea that many people felt like that.”
“Don't jack off a cactus, you'll only hurt your hand and the cactus' feelings”
“Sometimes you have an idea that is so simple that you can't see how it can fail. But in learning, being right is not always the quickest way to success”
“We make stupid mistakes when we're young; we do our best to make amends for them as we get older. We survive by learning; by learning we survive. Such is life. So be it.”

Source : Allen Steele (2002). “Coyote”, p.295, Penguin
“As a species, we've always been discoverers and adventurers, and space and the deep ocean are some of the last frontiers.”
“Think of the mystical three days between the crucifixion and the resurrection as the time it takes for a situation to change once spirit has infused our consciousness. As we come to look at an experience differently, in time in begins to transform.”
“So-Youn has good qualities in both jump and power, triple combination is her biggest strength and she also has great artistic value in her skating.”
“If parents wish to preserve childhood for their own children, they must conceive of parenting as an act of rebellion against culture”

Source : Neil Postman (2011). “Building a Bridge to the 18th Century: How the Past Can Improve Our Future”, p.138, Vintage

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