"Whenever you think or you believe or you know, you're a lot of other people: but the moment you feel, you're nobody-but-yourself."

-- e. e. cummings

#Inspirational Quotes #Believe Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“In other words, the hidden subsidies [designed to help individuals seeking college degrees] are not helping those who most need help in getting a degree. It's also helping lenders, by providing an incentive to borrow. So why not take that $22.75 billion or so that we're already spending and putting it directly toward making public higher education free?”
“People like consistency. Whether it's a store or a restaurant, they want to come in and see what you are famous for.”
“If the test of patriotism comes only by reflexively falling into lockstep behind the leader whenever the flag is waved, then what we have is a formula for dictatorship, not democracy... But the American way is to criticize and debate openly, not to accept unthinkingly the doings of government officials of this or any other country.”
“If I lost weight, I'd be two-dimensional!”
“Well, in the first place, military service, they don't call it service for nothing. You are actually serving your country. And it is a worthy and valid vocation.”
“It is a good thing to be rich and strong, but it is a better thing to be loved.”
“Sadness, discomfort, frustration -- they are all valid human emotions. Why would we want to suppress them?”

Source : Magda Gerber (1998). “Dear Parent: Caring for Infants with Respect”
“Stage presence is not something I spend a whole lot of time thinking about. On the one hand, I do, because I have, like, favorite front-people and I know what's excited me to see in a band. But I can't be David Yow [Jesus Lizard frontman] and still play guitar.”

Source : "Burning Airlines". Interview with Camilo Arturo Leslie, pitchfork.com. February 1, 2001.

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