"It’s all in the genes”: an explanation for the way things are that does not threaten the way things are. Why should someone feel unhappy or engage in antisocial behavior when that person is living in the freest and most prosperous nation on earth? It can’t be the system! There must be a flaw in the wiring somewhere."

-- Louis Menand

#Unhappy Quotes #Doe Quotes #Earth Quotes

“Mom raised us to believe that every lie puts something out there in the world that's inevitably going to come back and bite you in the petunia.”
“Without atmosphere a painting is nothing.”
“The Rock'n'Blues Fest is my kind of festival series! It's always great playing shows with my brother and, add to that, all the other great artists and their bands and this should make for one historic round of concerts.”
“For her, choices were simple; either there was an action she could take to improve the situation, in which case she took it, or there was not, and everything else said on the subject was so much meaningless noise.”
“Religious faith, indeed, relates to that which is above us, but it must arise from that which is within us.”

Source : Josiah Royce (1911). “William James and Other Essays on the Philosophy of Life”
“Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.”
“Have you ever thought about what protects our hearts? Just a cage of rib bones and other various parts. So it's fairly simple to cut right through the mess, And to stop the muscle that makes us confess”

Source : Song: Breakable, 2007
“I had - I was pretty hell bent on getting into the cartoon business specifically as an artist from the get-go.”

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