"The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don't feel brave enough or sane enough to deal with. To the degree that we look clearly and compassionately at ourselves, we feel confident and fearless about looking into someone else's eyes."

-- Pema Chodron

#Peace Quotes #Buddhist Quotes #Heart Quotes

“Those who tell you that the territorial question is an abstraction, that you can never colonize another territory without the African slavetrade, are both deaf and blind to the history of the last sixty years.”

Source : Robert Augustus Toombs (1860). “Speech of Hon. Robert Toombs: On the Crisis. Delivered Before the Georgia Legislature, December 7, 1860”, p.8
“I feel blessed to have had such a background, where animals, food raising, harvesting and canning were a natural part of life.”
“It is bizarre that some people can't understand how a serious poet could work at a finance firm. Goethe was a bureaucrat. Eliot worked as a banker.”

Source : "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Capitalist". Interview with Benjamin Samuel, www.gelfmagazine.com. January 19, 2009.
“As a performer, I could be like, "I don't want to leave that in there." But as a producer, I have to leave it in there.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“One of my complaints with American TV characters is that they all have a particular schtick, a hook.”

Source : "Today" Interview, www.today.com. Ocotber 1, 2007.
“Music is life, and life is not a business.”

Source : "Iggy Pop celebrates Hall of Fame induction in typical fashion... by baring his chest". www.dailymail.co.uk. March 16, 2010.
“I think I've been mildly obsessed with my hair. I don't think I have a hugely adversarial relationship with it. One my essay is about my decision to keep coloring my hair once it started to go gray, but once I wrote the essay - once the book was in production - I decided to go gray.”

Source : Source: nytlive.nytimes.com
“It's always great to have a great mascara that makes your lashes look thick and full. That's a definite must have.”

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