"Only love can heal the wounds of the past. However, the intensity of our woundedness often leads to a closing of the heart, making it impossible for us to give or receive the love that is given to us."

-- Bell Hooks

#Heart Quotes #Past Quotes #Giving Quotes

“Love is easy! Kindness is easy. So I try on my Twitter page to acknowledge everyone that reaches out to me. I try to make my page - I can't control the rest of Twitter - but I try to make my page a safe place for people.”

Source : Interview with Todd VanDerWerff, www.avclub.com. September 22, 2011.
“I am not ashamed of my past. I am not ashamed of my humble beginning.”
“People do many things for many reasons. Sometimes, what you do you have no control over, because it's predestined. It's gonna happen in spite of you. There's nothing you can do about it.”
“Haters never win. I just think that's true about life, because negative energy always costs in the end.”

Source : "Interview: Tom Hiddleston Talks 'Avengers' Humor,Ddrama, and Where Loki May Go In 'Thor 2' (Exclusive)". Interview with Todd Gilchrist, www.fandango.com. May 2, 2012.
“It has always been like that with changes. In 1913, we established divorce as a right for women in Uruguay. You know what they were saying back then? That families would dissolve. That it was the end of good manners and society. There has always been a conservative and traditional opinion out there that's afraid of change. When I was young and would go dancing at balls, we'd have to wear suits and ties. Otherwise they wouldn't let us in. I don't think anyone dresses up for dancing parties nowadays.”
“Courage is the first virtue that makes all other virtues possible.”
“Dream big, work hard and don't be an asshole!”
“In Zechariah 14.. their flesh dissolves away, because of the plague hitting them for coming against the Jews in Jerusalem. When did that happen? I've never read when flesh dissolved; it can now, because of necrotizing fasciitis, or the neutron bomb, but not in 70AD.”

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