"My stroke of insight would be: peace is only a thought away, and all we have to do to access it is silence the voice of our dominating left mind."

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Source : Jill Bolte Taylor (2008). “My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey”, p.119, Penguin

Jill Bolte Taylor

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“Facts mean nothing to wounded feelings ...”

Source : Barbara Grizzuti Harrison (1989). “Italian Days”, p.353, Atlantic Monthly Press
“I have an Instagram [account] but I don't feel a lot of love with it.”
“Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing again. We have to begin to learn to rule ourselves again.”
“The challenge is to translate the song into something that works on the stage. It's pop music, but I try to keep it as loose as possible.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Appearances can be deceptive. The fact that we cannot see what God is doing does not mean that He is doing nothing. The Lord has His own timetable. It is we who must learn to adjust to it, not vice versa. When God's time comes nothing will stand in His way. We can therefore wait for Him with this happy confidence: "As for God, His way is perfect" (2 Samuel 22:31).”
“You can plan for things, work towards them for years, and yet they never materialize. Or you can just happen to be in the right place at the right moment, and everything falls into place. If you want to believe in something like Fate, she's a capricious character. Sometimes she stand there blocking the doorway you were born to pass through, and sometimes she takes you by the hand and leads you through the minute you poke your nose out. And the stars gaze down and keep their counsel.”

Source : John Ajvide Lindqvist (2012). “Little Star: A Novel”, p.259, Macmillan
“What interests me about genre is that the public connects immediately with it, it has certain rules, certain codes the audience recognizes. I can use that to create something very big.”
“When you are exposed to others' negativity, you do not need to respond. You can choose to put your attention elsewhere and let their words be a tiny drop in the infinite ocean of your peaceful silence.”

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