"If you are deemed insane, then all actions that would oherwise prove you are not do, in actuality, fall into the framework of an insane personâ€™s actions. Your sound protests constitute denial. Your valid fears are deemed paranoia. Your survival instincts are labeled defense mechanisms. Itâ€™s a no-win situation. Itâ€™s a death penalty really."

-- Dennis Lehane

#Fall Quotes #Winning Quotes #Survival Quotes

“If Hillary Clinton wants to win the White House, she's gonna have to convince Americans they can trust her and if you seen the polls, they don't. There's one American who has faith in her, her husband Bill.”
“When I was growing up, Green Day had just come out.”
“Prison is a second-by-second assault on the soul, a day-to-day degradation of the self, an oppressive steel and brick umbrella that transforms seconds into hours and hours into days.”

Source : Mumia Abu-Jamal (1995). “Live from Death Row”, Addison Wesley Publishing Company
“The territorialism and desire to possess things comes directly from the ego, which strives to own and control things. Your spirit already knows you own nothing. It is a matter of realizing that your happiness does not depend on your ownership of things. They help you in your journey but they are not the journey itself.”

Source : Karen Kingston (2015). “Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui”, p.50, Harmony
“I just imagine all the other runners are big spiders, and then I get super scared,”
“I'm able to live as an example of what I believe.”
“We need to shift the paradigm from reactive technologies to more integrative solutions that deal with the variety and complexity of the threats that are out there today.”

Source : "Interview: Symantec's John Thompson talks about big picture security". Interview with Ed Scannell, www.infoworld.com. June 16, 2004.
“When I start doing a body of work I feel vulnerable, fearful. If I stopped trusting the process, I would stop doing art.”

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