"The Hollywood atmosphere of crises and continuous anxiety is a kind of hysteria which prevents people from thinking, and is not too different from the way dictators use wars and continuous threats of war as an emotional basis for maintaining their power."

-- Hortense Powdermaker

#War Quotes #Emotional Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage,”

Source : "Obamacare Architect". Jonathan Gruber's speech on Obamacare at the University of Pennsylvania, www.realclearpolitics.com. October 17, 2014.
“Child, think not of those things, those dark possibilities. Your father and brothers are here with you today. Lavain will tug at your braids, Tirry will sing you songs, and your father will see his wife's beauty in you. Savor their love today. And it will never leave you.”

Source : Lisa Ann Sandell (2008). “Song of the Sparrow”, p.84, Scholastic Inc.
“Despair is not a particularly respectable condition and yet despair and delight alternate like systole and diastole in my heart.”

Source : Stephanie Mills (2003). “Epicurean Simplicity”, p.205, Island Press
“At the end of the day, we're just trying to prevent each other from going mad.”
“I think ghosts would be some energy that hasn't found a home yet. I don't think they have any personal attachment to what is happening here. I've definitely been in a place where I've felt some energy that someone was watching me.”

Source : Source: brightestyoungthings.com
“I am convinced that the Black man will only reach his full potential when he learns to draw upon the strengths and insights of the Black woman.”

Source : Manning Marable (1988). “The Crisis of Color and Democracy: Essays on Race, Class, and Power”
“Families break up when they get hints you don't intend and miss hints that you do.”
“Ego is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for its own benefit.”

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