"When I was living in England I found that the more I lived abroad, the more American I discovered I was."

-- Daniel J. Boorstin

#England Quotes #Found Quotes

“To me, this is from a Buddhist perspective or whatever, sometimes people who are working out their political beliefs, they can rage against the man, and yet at the same time can be oblivious to their own way of stepping on the foot of the person right next to them.”
“They played so good it was frightening. And I, of course, being young, was in awe of everything that was going on and rightly so. I mean, it was too good to believe.”
“I had a lot of anger inside me and that came out at times that were not particularly advantageous to me career-wise.”
“Temples and churches have become social centers. They have lost their original purpose because the minds of the people are more attracted to worldly things than to prayer. The lips repeat the prayer mechanically like a phonograph record, but the mind wanders to other places. (23-24)”
“Grains are essentially sugar with enough opioids to make them addictive.”

Source : Lierre Keith (2009). “The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability”, p.152, PM Press
“I couldn't really take a girl from Berlin to live in Leeds. I love it here. I miss the Yorkshire sense of humor and things like bitter and Yorkshire puddings, but I can still get my hands on salt 'n' vinegar crisps.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I looked up at the mass of signs and stars in the night sky and laid myself open for the first time to the benign indifference of the world.”
“There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.”

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