"The herd instinct seems to be the strongest human emotion, one that the race is constantly breeding off as the mavericks are liquidated. Happiness is running with the crowd."

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Source : John Train (1994). “The craft of investing”, HarperCollins Publishers

John Train

#Running Quotes #Race Quotes #Crowds Quotes

“The seasons do not push one another; neither do clouds race the wind across the sky. All things happen in their own good time.”
“We see in the 20th Century an unfortunate trench warfare, in which psychoanalysis, in a struggle against the internalized compulsion and superstition of a particular doctrine, has expressed itself atheistically. By contrast, theology is not merely under suspicion of talking soullessly about God. Both theology and psychology, in striving for human health, need one another like the right and the left hand.”

Source : Speech at a conference of therapists in Basel, Switzerland, May 21, 1977.
“My whole view of music completely flipped over on its head. I grew up listening to punk rock, SST. I liked people that were making music that weren't necessarily very good at their instruments, it was more about the ideas they had than how well they could play and sing.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“It's made me realize that imperfect is perfectly comfortable to me. Whether it's a city or my apartment, I feel most at home when things are somewhat flawed.”

Source : Hoda Kotb (2011). “Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee”, p.118, Simon and Schuster
“No wonder he was so good with horses, I thought blearily, feeling his fingers rubbing gently behind my ears, listening to the soothing, incomprehensible speech. If I were a horse, Iâ€™d let him ride me anywhere.”
“Reading is the basic springboard for learning. And books provide the liftoff. They are the great equalizer, opening up new worlds to everyone.”

Source : Twitter post from Jan 19, 2018
“If I had not kissed anyone, or danced with anyone, or had a reason to cry, the music made me feel as if I had gone through all that anyway.”

Source : Lavinia Greenlaw (2015). “The Importance of Music to Girls”, p.75, Faber & Faber
“The past nine years in San Diego have represented such a period of questioning.”

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