"I try to just talk about human stories and what I think about religion or teapots or whatever."

-- Eddie Izzard

#Thinking Quotes #Trying Quotes #Stories Quotes

“We have been the benefactors of our cultural heritage and the victims of our cultural narrowness.”
“When we use stereotypes, we take in the gender, the age, the color of the skin of the person before us, and our minds respond with messages that say hostile, stupid, slow, weak. Those qualities aren't out there in the environment. They don't reflect reality.”

Source : "Where Bias Begins: The Truth About Stereotypes" by Annie Murphy Paul, www.psychologytoday.com. May 1, 1998.
“I don't think you play for other people's expectations, you know. You don't go and become a lawyer because your mother or father want you to, you don't become a coach because somebody wants you to.”
“It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.”
“The trouble is, I'm a terrible PR person,”
“Overall the theme is about never giving in... not letting anyone tell you what to do or take anything away from you. Always being yourself, whatever that may be. The content obviously takes a darker and romantic approach to relationships about love and loss, as well as overcoming adversity in everyday life. Generally, just being tough and standing up for what you believe.”
“Intellectuals are judged not by their morals, but by the quality of their ideas, which are rarely reducible to simple verdicts of truth or falsity, if only because banalities are by definition accurate.”

Source : Perry Anderson (2005). “Spectrum”, p.76, Verso
“When the world is on your shoulder, got to straighten up your act and boogie down.”

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