"Fortunately, the mind is restless; when it uncovers a layer of its own deception, gives up an illusion, exposes a lie, it does not stand idle for long before the collapse of its earlier assumptions."

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Source : Kim Chernin (1982). “The obsession: reflections on the tyranny of slenderness”, HarperCollins Publishers

Kim Chernin

#Giving Up Quotes #Lying Quotes #Long Quotes

“You see all I need is a whisper in a world that only shouts.”
“Now, no one expects us to agree on everything, whether in Juneau or in Washington. But we are expected to govern with integrity and goodwill and clear convictions and a servant's heart.”
“HAM radio is very inexpensive, it is nearly unlimited and free to use. The only limitation is that you can only talk for five minutes to any given person because the station gets out of range within that time.”
“I'm trying to get in the habit of, you know, picking up a book and learning how to write my feelings down, not my feelings but my thoughts, about things, and hopefully I'll moving toward the writing and directing thing soon.”

Source : "Me, Myself and I". Documentary, www.imdb.com. 1989.
“I want to play my best, day in and day out. It's a pride thing for me. I'm going to go out there and dominate the guy I'm playing against every time.”
“The mystique of the femme fatale cannot be perfectly translated into male terms.”
“You're gon' have to say to your self, am I gon' believe what them fools say about me today?”
“We all have our routines," he said softly."But they must have a purpose and provide an outcome that we can see and take some comfort from, or else they have no use at all. Without that, they are like the endless pacings of a caged animal. If they are not madness itself, then they are a prelude to it.”

Source : John Connolly (2006). “The Book of Lost Things: A Novel”, p.94, Simon and Schuster

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