"I admitted that I did not understand life. What I meant was that I am bewildered by human hearts and motivations, including my own."

-- Norman Lock

#Motivation Quotes #Heart Quotes #Humans Quotes

“On Max Yasgurâ€™s six hundred acres, everyone dropped their defenses and became a huge extended family. Joining together, getting into the music and each other, being part of so many people when calamity struck â€” the traffic jams, the rainstorms â€” was a life-changing experience. None of the problems damaged our spirit. In fact, they drew us closer. We recognized one another for what we were at the core, as brothers and sisters, and we embraced one another in that knowledge.”
“I just did not discuss my personal life, my sexuality with the media. That was my policy.”
“People need to wake up and realize that life doesn't wait for you. If you want something, get up and go after it.”

Source : Twitter post from Nov 18, 2013
“What are the stories you want people to tell about you?”

Source : "Steven Soderbergh on Quitting Hollywood, Getting the Best Out of J.Lo, and His Love of Girls". Interview with Mary Kaye Schilling, www.vulture.com. August 8, 2014.
“The will and self are ultimately dynamic, they are their actions. This energy can be trained and directed, tuned like an orchestra. It is not a matter of a "rational interior" that poses a problem for a decorator, rather a feng-shui intelligence is called for that orients the "house" to the flow of life that takes place in it (I rather suspect this is turned on its head in most cases of feng-shui, i.e. Americans capitulate once again to "experts").”
“Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left. That is to say, you cannot love game and hate predators; you cannot conserve the waters and waste the ranges; you cannot build the forest and mine the farm. The land is one organism.”
“Virtue is despotic; life, reputation, every earthly good, must be surrendered at her voice. The law may seem hard, but it is the guardian of what it commands; and is the only sure defence of happiness.”
“Just because you're good at something, does that mean you're born to do it?”

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