"The desire to be loved is the last illusion. Give it up and you will be free."

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Source : Margaret Atwood (2012). “Selected Poems II: 1976 - 1986”, p.115, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Margaret Atwood

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“All of the secrets the vampires held dear have been exposed, and the humans can now fight back as equals in a way, which is scary.”

Source : Source: www.esquire.com
“Science fiction is really sociological studies of the future, things that the writer believes are going to happen by putting two and two together.”
“The teachers who get "burned out" are not the ones who are constantly learning, which can be exhilarating, but those who feel they must stay in control and ahead of the students at all times.”

Source : Frank Smith (1986). “Insult to Intelligence: The Bureaucratic Invasion of Our Classrooms”, Heinemann Educational Books
“There is a wind of change, and if there is a wind of change on domestic issues, there is going to be a wind of change on Palestinian issues as well, it's not something done in one leap, it's a triple jump, but it's coming.”
“I always say to young people when they ask me how I work, I always say to them, the only time you've ever going to do something good is if you have a good client. And by good I mean all kinds of things.”
“When top executives get huge pay hikes at the same time as middle-level and hourly workers lose their jobs and retirement savings, or have to accept negligible pay raises and cuts in health and pension benefits, company morale plummets. I hear it all the time from employees: This company, they say, is being run only for the benefit of the people at the top. So why should we put in extra effort, commit extra hours, take on extra responsibilities? We'll do the minimum, even cut corners. This is often the death knell of a company.”
“I think I was 8 or 9 when I did my first play. It was at a community level, but that's when I knew that this is what I loved doing.”
“I can't write or read music. I am self-taught and never learned formally. It can be a curse sometimes but I think it's more difficult for those who need the music to read from than for those who play by ear.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com

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