"power, after it has ceased from troubling, is the dominant passion in human nature."

-- Gertrude Atherton

#Passion Quotes #Power Quotes #Human Nature Quotes

“Bob Dylan's Christianity has been allusive, idiosyncratic, and never the sort to place him on anyone's side in any Kulturkampf.”
“Its all about finding the right note at the right place and knowing when to leave well enough alone. And that's a lifelong quest.”
“I enjoy creating new ideas, working on new creative projects.”

Source : "Paul Allen: He talks Trail Blazers, Microsoft, 'The Social Network'". Interview with Jeff Baker, www.oregonlive.com. April 19, 2011.
“In worship an increased power steals its way into the heart sanctuary, an increased compassion grows in the soul. To worship is to change.”
“The first part of my life was to be an actor and maybe have some success at that. Then [it was time] to find somebody to be in a relationship with and have a life that way. Because of Parkinson's, I had to change: How can I be of service here? Is there something unique to my situation that I can use to help people? I did not have the wherewithal to invent that. It just happened in front of me and had me join in.”
“I live in a kind of controlled awareness. I wouldn't call it fear, but it's an awareness. I know I have a responsibility to behave in a certain way. I'm able to do that.”
“Listen, if you choose to believe nothing else that transpires here, believe this: your body does not have a soul; your soul has a body, and souls never, ever die.”

Source : Bernice L. McFadden (2015). “The Bernice L. McFadden Collection: Gathering of Waters, Glorious, The Warmest December, and Nowhere Is a Place”, p.11, Akashic Books
“The bad blood rose in me, just like wine.”

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