"In a society that tries to standardize thinking, individuality is not highly prized."

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Source : Alex Grey (2017). “The Mission of Art”, p.38, Shambhala Publications

Alex Grey

#Thinking Quotes #Individuality Quotes #Trying Quotes

“Most savings rates are based on underlying interest rates.”

Source : Source: www.mirror.co.uk
“He, who cannot forgive a trespass of malice to his enemy, has never yet tasted the most sublime enjoyment of love.”
“I thought instead of burying myself under dirt, I'd bury myself under water so everybody could see that you're there.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I spend most of my time in my head. You can always work out solutions and satisfactions there. Maybe you can't actually bring them about, but there's usually a pleasant pillow of time between imagining you can, and realizing you cannot.”
“One of the rules that I always follow is that no matter how crazy characters may act, and no matter how absurd or strange their actions may be, that it's justified in the character's mind why they are doing it. Not to get all heady about it, but it's fun for me to test how far I can go with things while still keeping it grounded enough that you believe that the character really believes that what he's doing will get him what he wants. It's a personal challenge to me to see how far I can go with that.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“My mother was pretty strict. I hated it, but maybe it made me a bit more sensible.”

Source : "Mark Ronson: This charming man" by Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. May 29, 2010.
“A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.”
“So what do people see when they read that well-behaved women rarely make history? Do they imagine good-time girls in stiletto heels or do-good girls carrying clipboards and passing petitions? Do they envision an out-of-control hobbyist or a single mother taking down a drunk in a bar? I suspect that it depends on where they stand themselves.”

Source : Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (2008). “Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History”, p.19, Vintage

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