"Escapology has one thing going for it that probably made Harry Houdini such a superstar in his day and a legend in the present. Everyone wants to escape from something. Taxes, contracts, illness, work, the multitude of burdens that we chafe under are shadows from which we want to escape."

-- James Randi

#Magic Quotes #Shadow Quotes #Going For It Quotes

“But you donâ€™t have to give everyone the benefit of the doubt.â€ â€œYou donâ€™t have to assume the worst about everyone, either. The world isnâ€™t always out to get you.”
“[NiccolÃ²] Machiavelli said it's better to be feared than to be loved.”
“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”

Source : Ida B. Wells (2014). “The Light of Truth: Writings of an Anti-Lynching Crusader”, p.12, Penguin
“You know, social issue movies don't make a lot of money.”
“I'm quite interested in what words can be, if it's very few words, and it's a kind of club track but it has a sort of uplifting or spiritual kind of feeling to it. Somehow, something bigger than just the words on the page happens when you hear it all together. Sometimes I notice when I'm DJing, I put on a lot of tracks that feature vocals. I guess for me, it's just from growing up loving songs, so maybe I'm geared slightly more towards dance music that features a song element.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“People with autism never, ever feel at ease, wherever we are. Because of this, we wander off - or run away - in search of some location where we do feel at ease. While we're on this search, it doesn't occur to us to consider how or where we're going to end up. We get swallowed up by the illusion that unless we can find a place to belong, we are going to be all alone in the world.”

Source : Naoki Higashida (2013). “The Reason I Jump: one boy's voice from the silence of autism: one boy's voice from the silence of autism”, Hachette UK
“whether they write poems or don't write poems, poets are best.”
“If you want to be happy, be happy.”

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