"They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality, because they never fully grasped the enormity of what was demanded of them, and were not sufficiently interested in public events to notice what was happening"

-- George Orwell

#Reality Quotes #Events Quotes #Accepting Quotes

“There aren't many things as therapeutic as smiles and laughter. Whenever you look at things in a lighter vein, it shows that your heart is in the right place.”
“If we do nothing, we still get to a post-carbon future, but it will be bleak. However, if we plan the transition, we can have a world that supports robust communities of healthy, creative people and ecosystems with millions of other species.”
“I will always have enough money to last the rest of my life...as long as I don't buy anything.”
“Fulfilling our destiny and realizing our potential all begins in our mind. That's why the devil tries to bombard our thinking.”
“Unless they can immediately demonstrate a credible fear of persecution, why shouldn't these people be returned at once to the country from which they embarked - whether it be their home country or a stopover point - at the expense of the airline that brought them? All appeals would then be made from the country to which they have been returned.”

Source : Ed Koch (1994). “Ed Koch on Everything: Movies, Politics, Personalities, Food and Other Stuff”, Birch Lane Press
“It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.”
“There's a lot of power in putting it out in the universe. It's telling your subconscious mind, 'This is what's gonna happen.'”
“Autumn resumes the land, ruffles the woods with smoky wings, entangles them.”

Source : Geoffrey Hill (2000). “New & Collected Poems, 1952-1992”, p.148, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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