"A human being is a very social creature, and ninety percent of what he does is done only because other people are watching. Alone, with no witnesses, he starts to learn about himselfâ€”who is he really?"

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Source : John Vaillant (2010). “The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival”, p.82, Vintage

John Vaillant

#People Quotes #Doe Quotes #Done Quotes

“Sometimes, in order to follow our moral compass and/or our hearts, we have to make unpopular decisions or stand up for what we believe in.”

Source : "I Am a Bitch!" by Tabatha Coffey, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 9, 2012.
“But it's been a great, humbling - and I've been very honored to have the opportunity to serve and to lead and to be the representative of our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who are in Washington. And it's been the greatest honor of my life.”
“When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth.”
“I wish more of the web had stayed nonprofit. But the advertising model took over and I think has delivered us to where we are, along with the development of content, which is designed to do nothing else but make you click on it or share it. And I think it's kind of a low goal for content, and I think that's taken us to our current abyss.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org
“I don't have an agent. I don't take meetings or anything like that, so I don't really know what's out there. I'm not closed off to anything, but I'd just have to ask myself at every step if it's worth it.”

Source : Source: editorial.rottentomatoes.com
“When the President does it, that means that it's not illegal.”

Source : Television interview by David Frost, 19 May 1977
“Black people don't even question things any more, they simply follow the lead.”
“The spacious firmament on high, And all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim.”

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