"The world of rumors and gossip is a world of wish fulfillment. And one of the things that gives volume and amplitude to a rumor is that it satisfies people's dreams and expectations about the world..."

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Source : "An Interview with James C. Scott | Harry G. West and Celia Plender". Gastronomica Interview, gastronomica.org. March 14, 2017.

James C. Scott

#Dream Quotes #People Quotes #Giving Quotes

“A warrior cannot lower his head - otherwise he loses sight of the horizon of his dreams.”
“It was not the thorn bending to the honeysuckles, but the honeysuckles embracing the thorn.”

Source : Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). “The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.433, Penguin
“People from the Porter Ranch neighborhood of Los Angeles are starting to return home today. A natural gas well leak in the neighborhood has been permanently sealed. It had been releasing methane and other pollutants into the air for four months. Thousands of people have complained of respiratory illnesses and other problems.”

Source : "Residents Return Home After Workers Cap Leaking Gas Well In Los Angeles". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. February 19, 2016.
“Never underestimate how extraordinarily difficult it is to understand a situation from another person's point of view.”
“[to a teenage girl] Resolve to be economically independent before you marry anyone.”
“I majored in psychology, and I still love listening to people's problems.”
“It isnt enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them, to struggle.”
“So in my uncertainty, I went to graduate school and there it all happened.”

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