"There are only two races on this planet - the intelligent and the stupid."

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Source : "Daily Telegraph", August 15, 1991.

John Fowles

#Stupid Quotes #Silly Quotes #Intelligent Quotes

“Let there be no mistake, Hamas is a ruthless terrorist organization.”
“You start to do shows and people come up to me and say, "I wish more people were here, how come more people aren't here?" and that just starts to get a little.”
“I can't focus when there's too many things around. Whenever I used to go to the office, I used to always say, 'Tidy up.'”
“Directing a movie is serious, it's not a joke.”
“The Zen meditative approach has a simple, unstated premise: moods and attitudes shapeâ€”determineâ€”what we think and perceive. If we feel happy, we tend to develop certain trains of thought. If we feel sad or angry, still others. But suppose, with training, we become nonattached to distractions and learn to dampen these wild, emotional swings on either side of equanimity. Then we can enter that serene awareness which is the natural soil for positive, spontaneous personal growth, often called spiritual growth.”

Source : James H. Austin (1999). “Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness”, p.13, MIT Press
“See what perils do environ those who meddle with hot iron.”
“I say that I can't make anything up. I think of myself as a collage artist. I'm cutting and pasting memories of my life. And I say, I have to live a life in order to tell a life. I would prefer to tell it because telling you're always in control, you're like God.”
“Those who cannot see Christ in the poor are atheists indeed.”

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