"Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread."

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Source : Richard Wright (1957). “Native Son”, p.366, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Richard Wright

#Integrity Quotes #Men Quotes #Self Quotes

“I don’t trust beauty anymore / when will I stop believing it?”

Source : Reginald Shepherd (1996). “Angel, Interrupted”
“Man moves in a world that is nothing more or less than his consciousness objectified.â€“Neville Goddard”
“I'd probably be a burglar, I'd burgle people.”
“I grew up without a television. It meant that I read lots of books and entertained myself.”

Source : "Making waves" by Mark Morris, www.theguardian.com. August 13, 2000.
“I never met a man I could marry.”
“What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now they are content with burning my books.”
“Sometimes I read a biography of some tempestuous artist and find myself longing for fireworks! booze! bloody fights!; I do think that life must be so much more thrilling when you're actively miserable.”
“The adoring crowds and overwhelming Democratic support in the 2008 election was based largely on joy at jettisoning Bush and the appeal of electing a superbly qualified charismatic African American leader.”

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