"Human rights are an aspect of natural law, a consequence of the way the universe works, as solid and as real as photons or the concept of pi. The idea of self- ownership is the equivalent of Pythagoras' theorem, of evolution by natural selection, of general relativity, and of quantum theory. Before humankind discovered any of these, it suffered, to varying degrees, in misery and ignorance."

-- L. Neil Smith

#Real Quotes #Ignorance Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“Then I came in twice a week - for my own enjoyment as well as to be a guide. And then we started to apply some of the splinters of the ideas back into the piece.”
“Outsiders tend to be the first to recognize the inadequacies of our social institutions. But, precisely because they are outsiders, they are usually in a poor position to fix them.”
“In wrestling there are so many people inside and outside the ring, and it's so live, and it's this whole adrenaline thing. Whereas you move it into this more intimate thing, everything gets all quiet, someone says action, and you have to say the lines and make the words your own. It couldn't be any more different and it's weird sometimes trying to explain that to people. When I tell people that acting is much more terrifying to me than going out in front of ten thousand people, they don't quite believe it because for some reason that intimacy is just terrifying to me.”

Source : "From Wrestling To Acting: An Interview With Dave Bautista". Interview with Phil Brown, www.cgmagonline.com. August 01, 2014.
“You can turn something into art just because of the way you tell people to look at it.”
“How we remember, what we remember, and why we remember form the most personal map of our individuality.”

Source : Christina Baldwin (1991). “One to One: Self-Understanding Through Journal Writing”, p.68, M. Evans
“I expected to die. At no time before the trial did I expect to escape with my life. Yet being executed in the gas chamber did not necessarily mean defeat. It could be one more step to bring the community to a higher level of consciousness.”
“Every day, you are to offer your life to God for His service. You do not serve Him in your spare time or with your leftover resources. The way you live your life for God is your offering to Him.”

Source : Henry T. Blackaby, Richard Blackaby (2016). “Experiencing God Day by Day”, p.279, B&H Publishing Group
“New York is like a vacation - no beach required.”

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