"History, mythology, and folktales are filled with stories of people punished for saying the truth. Only the Fool, exempt from society's rules, is allowed to speak with complete freedom."

-- Jane Hirshfield

#Truth Quotes #People Quotes #Stories Quotes

“I've been shot down so many times I get altitude sickness just from standing up for myself.”

Source : "To This Day ... for the bullied and beautiful". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February 2013.
“There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.”
“There are a number of World War II historians I admire: Cornelius Ryan, Mark Stoler, Antony Beevor, to name a few. As for generals, there are those I admire as combat leaders and others I admire because they're great fun to write about.”
“Right now I am trying to be in a place of calm, a place where I can chill out and then handle the chaos of life better. You don't just get it overnight; you have to work at it. It's a daily struggle.”
“We had a missionary zeal about blues music, and I felt, particularly, that Mickie Most was attempting to homogenize, sweeten, and make it accessible for the mass market. Which is understandable if you're the producer, but aggravating if you're the artist.”
“I learned how to play against players better than me.”
“I can picture things, like a painter would, though Im not good at painting, either.”
“Where the mouth is sweet and the eyes intelligent, there is always the look of beauty, with a right heart.”

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