"I think most of us become self-critical as soon as we become self-conscious."

-- Ellen Goodman

#Thinking Quotes #Self Quotes #Conscious Quotes

“My new shorty got a gymnastic back, '87 emerald green on a classic Jag. She had the cleft palate, I ordered chef's salad; She had the club foot, with that little arm, I couldn't help but laugh...she ordered Chicken Parm.”
“We're living in a Dark Age of macroeconomics. Remember, what defined the Dark Ages wasn't the fact that they were primitive Â— the Bronze Age was primitive, too. What made the Dark Ages dark was the fact that so much knowledge had been lost, that so much known to the Greeks and Romans had been forgotten by the barbarian kingdoms that followed.”
“By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is possible. Those who have cautiously done no more than they believed possible have never taken a single step forward.”
“Since after extinction no one will be present to take responsibility, we have to take full responsibility now.”

Source : Jonathan Schell (2000). “The Fate of the Earth: And, The Abolition”, Stanford University Press
“You forgot to cough!â€ he said. â€œSorry.â€ She coughed. â€œYour sneakiness is dangerous. Next time that chisel will lodge itself in my head.â€ â€œNow, Peder, thereâ€™s plenty of stone around here for carving. No need to practice on your own face.â€ He stroked his chin. â€œYouâ€™re right, my jaw is already chiseled to perfection.â€ She agreed, but she felt too silly to say so aloud.”
“I'm always looking for vacation. I'm always trying to step away from it to watch movies. I'm always trying to carve out free time for myself. But, I love it. I don't think I've ever not wanted to run a show. When I have a show, I'm always really excited. I always enjoy the process.”
“As I looked out into the night sky, across all those infinite stars, it made me realize how insignificant they are.”
“You do a film and you know where you're going, you have this material to stretch and play with as much as possible because you know how it ends.”

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