"Civilisation is hooped together, brought Under a rule, under the semblance of peace By manifold illusion...."

-- William Butler Yeats

#Civilization Quotes #Together Quotes #Illusion Quotes

“I'm standing at a crossroads. I'm not entirely sure what the future holds ... I'm at a crossroads, but it's a little bit different than the crossroads I've been at before because I'm doing what I do because I love it, and doing what I do because it's pure passion.”

Source : "A Minute With: Billy Ray Cyrus on Miley and his "Hillbilly Heart"". Interview with Piya Sinha-Roy, www.reuters.com. April 17, 2013.
“My interactions with Sorkin were agonisingly weird. He is by far the weirdest person I have ever met. I had dinner with him and a few hours before I got an e-mail from his assistant saying, 'Sean, this does not need to be a long conversation. Aaron is only going to use it to win your trust.'”
“Ninety-five percent of thought, emotion, and learning occur in the unconscious mind--that is, without our awareness,”

Source : Gerald Zaltman (2003). “How Customers Think: Essential Insights Into the Mind of the Market”, p.40, Harvard Business Press
“Hello from the gutters of New York City, which are filled with dog manure, vomit, stale wine, urine, and blood.”
“At least is was a victory and at least we won”
“Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.”

Source : "Thoughts of a Biologist". 1939.
“Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be.”
“The Commonwealth is a mere club, but it has become like Animal Farm, where some members are more equal than others. How can Blair claim to regulate and direct events and still say all of us are equals?”

Source : "Mugabe: Commonwealth is 'Animal Farm'" by Chris Chinaka and Ed Johnson, www.independent.co.uk. December 7, 2003.

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