"We all construct worldviews that give us a sense of meaning. Mostly it is about belonging to a group and having a sense of identity and purpose."

-- Carmen Lawrence

#Giving Quotes #Identity Quotes #Groups Quotes

“The living self has one purpose only: to come into its own fullness of being, as a tree comes into full blossom, or a bird into spring beauty, or a tiger into lustre.”
“He was swimming in a sea of other peopleâ€™s expectations. Men had drowned in seas like that.”

Source : Robert Jordan (2005). “New Spring: The Novel”, p.298, Macmillan
“I think I can be relatively attractive when I dress up, but I'm not Julia Roberts or Catherine Zeta Jones.”
“To teach kids that creationism explains something about the world is no different than teaching them that the earth is flat.”
“When I look for what I'm going to listen to I go backwards. I'm always going the other way you see. Most people are trying to figure out 'how do I get in the fast lane going that way?'. I'm going in the other direction. I wanna find the oldest thing to do.”
“If it's a situation in which the public is being given access, you can't discriminate against the media and say, as a general matter, that the media don't have access, because their access rights, of course, correspond with those of the public.”

Source : "Roberts sidesteps questions on pledge, eminent domain" by Bill Mears, edition.cnn.com. September 15, 2005.
“Ultraconservatism is, to me, so illogical. Everywhere you go, conservatives want to cut, cut, cut, cut - cut money for powerless people. So, that's the biggest problem I have with them.”
“Jeb Bush announced today on the Internet that he may run for president. The next presidential election could be Bush vs. Clinton. It will be like 1992 all over again except I won't be in rehab.”

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