"The most important thing to a lot of people, is to belong to something that's hip or whatever. To be a part of something that's not society, just a clique. And they get real sidetracked trying to think like everyone else. They don't realize that you have to motivate yourself to do things you want to do. Some people just like going along for the ride. And those are the kind of people I don't get along with too well."

-- Ric Ocasek

#Real Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“After four knee surgeries and hundreds of shots injected into my knee weekly to alleviate swelling and pain, my body is begging me to stop the pounding.”

Source : "Li Na, China's double grand slam winner, forced to retire with knee injury", www.theguardian.com. September 18, 2014.
“Increased coalition presence feeds the notion of occupation. It contributes to the dependency of Iraqi security forces on the coalition, ... It extends the amount of time that it will take for Iraqi security forces to become self-reliant. And it exposes more coalition forces to attacks.”
“Modesty in human beings is praised because it is not a matter of nature, but of will.”
“Because if I smashed anything, Team Jaiden would just get me into a behavior modification program, or maybe some doctor would put be on drugs for my ADD or bipolarism or depression or whatever they're calling being alive and feeling royally screwed these days.”
“With what dread and apprehension we entrust important jobs into the hands of others. Imagine the love of a needless God who is willing to want our work.”
“I do think any modern storyteller is influenced by the stories we all grow up with and become familiar with, our shared cultural narratives.”

Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
“In the looking, I found the cities within me.”

Source : Suketu Mehta (2009). “Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found”, p.3, Vintage
“When we start fighting crime by any means necessary we become guilty of the same hypocrisy as law enforcement agencies throughout history that break the rules to get the villains, and so become villains themselves.”

Source : "Barrett Brown Sentenced to Five Years, Vows to Keep Investigating Government Wrongdoing". Interview with Michelle Garcia, theintercept.com. January 23, 2015.

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