"I'm proud by not being frustrated, jealous or too confused by remaining creative. It's very easy to give up, and to keep going and sticking to your own ethos is very difficult."

-- Richard Norris

#Giving Up Quotes #Confused Quotes #Jealous Quotes

“There is a privilege in American society to being male and being white, and I think it's hard for white males to understand that privilege, because we've never experienced the opposite. When I sought out mentors to try to move forward, there were white males in virtually every position from which I was seeking mentorship. There was a natural simpatico or natural comfort. And so if you believe that's true, and I believe it's true, then we have to change that. We have to try to equalize opportunity and privilege.”

Source : Source: variety.com
“I can really laugh at myself and make a fool out of myself.”
“Words have meaning. And their meaning doesn't change”

Source : Interview with Jennifer Senior, nymag.com. October 6, 2013.
“An invention has to make sense in the world it finishes in, not in the world it started.”
“We New Yorkers see more death and violence than most soldiers do, grow a thick chitin on our backs, grimace like a rat and learn to do a disappearing act. Long ago we outgrew the need to be blowhards about our masculinity; we leave that to the Alaskans and Texans, who have more time for it.”
“Astronomy is one of the sublimest fields of human investigation. The mind that grasps its facts and principles receives something of the enlargement and grandeur belonging to the science itself. It is a quickener of devotion.”
“Please hear this: There are not â€˜schizophrenics,â€™ there are people with schizophrenia.”

Source : "What's It Like To Have A Psychotic Episode?". Interview with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. February 6, 2013.
“I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word,”

Source : "Laura Linney: 'Comedy is a way to survive'". Interview with Kira Cochrane, www.theguardian.com. February 8, 2011.

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