"When the shock wears off, you always hope there's understanding underneath."

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David Levithan

#Understanding Quotes #Shock Quotes

“Anything less would not have been worthy of me. Anything more would not have been possible.”
“Free love is too expensive.”
“With every kiss, we'll promise this, we'll find a way to light the dawn of all we wish.”
“A lot of people don't trust the pitch. There's this kind of reputation it has for being untrustworthy and fickle and capricious and everything else, and those are words that big league managers and general managers and organizations aren't too fond of.”

Source : "Master of the Knuckleball". Interview with Jeremy Stahl, www.slate.com. October 29,2012.
“Inside yourself or outside, you never have to change what you see, only the way you see it.”
“That more than 90 per cent of the Indian population should continue to be illiterate even after 175 years of British rule in this country is an intolerable situation which calls for immediate action.”

Source : Speech delivered at Nagpur University Convocation on 5th December 1936, "Educational Speeches" by Dr. Shyamaprasad Mookerjee, A.Mukherjee & Co. (Private) Ltd., 2 College Square, Kolkata 700 012, 1959.
“A leaf that falls into a stream (or a leaf we intentionally drop into a stream) just where the water disappears into the ground...will come out again at the next opening, because the underground stream has faithfully carried it there, though during this journey it has been beyond the reach of any outside interference. In the same way, an idea that has been introduced into our minds (or that we ourselves have intentionally introduced) will produce its effects after longer or shorter subconscious development.”
“I bet they didn't tell you that was in the gift bag.”

Source : Oscar Award for Best Leading Actor Acceptance Address, Delivered 23 March 2003, Kodak Theater, Hollywood, California

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