"Whether it's a professional, academic keeping people out by using certain mystifying language, or technologists presenting their work as incredibly complicated, no one can understand it (especially not "moms," who are always invoked as the ultimate know-nothings, which is incredibly insulting to a whole lot of people)."

-- Astra Taylor

#Mom Quotes #People Quotes #Insulting Quotes

“True beauty comes from the inside out. It emerges from proper thinking, as well as proper nutrition and exercise.”
“I've always eaten egg whites because when I was little, I didn't like the color yellow, so my mom would trick me into eating eggs by taking out the yolk.”

Source : "Who do you like best, José, Avram or Big Phil?". Interview with John Terry, www.theguardian.com. January 31, 2009.
“The burden of Karma is heavy. All alike have heavy debts to pay. Yet none, so the Wisdom teaches, is ever faced with more than he can bear. Whether or not we can grin, we must bear it, and it is folly to attempt to run away.”

Source : Christmas Humphreys (1983). “Karma and rebirth”, Routledge
“My desires seem especially to be after weanedness from the world, perfect deadness to it, and that I may be crucified to all its allurements. My soul desires to feel itself more of a pilgrim and a stranger here below, that nothing may divert me from pressing through the lonely desert, till I arrive at my Father's house.”

Source : David Brainerd (1822). “Memoirs of the Rev. David Brainerd: Missionary to the Indians on the Borders of New-York, New-Jersey, and Pennsylvania: Chiefly Taken from His Own Diary”, p.68
“Addiction is when you fall in love with a drug instead of a child or a lover and the learning that takes part in that part of the brain is designed by evolution to get us to persist despite negative consequences to do what we need to do - because I don't know anybody who could survive a relationship or parenting if not for the ability to persist despite negative consequences. The problem is when that gets misdirected to a drug and then you can find yourself in some very negative and potentially deadly situations.”
“We must change boys from a 'what can I get' to a 'what can I give' attitude.”
“I think the Bashar Assad regime is on a roll. I think it's got the backing of Russia and Iran and Hezbollah. And it's hard to see who is going to stand in their way in this steady fight against the insurgents.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“I used to love stage above all, but that was when I was a single man. As I get older, the time commitment gets harder for theatre.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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