Quotes
Authors
Joseph Epstein

"All men and women are born, live, suffer and die; what distinguishes us one from another is our dreams, whether they be dreams about worldly or unworldly things, and what we do to make them come about... We do not choose to be born. We do not choose our parents. We do not choose our historical epoch, the country of our birth, or the immediate circumstances of our upbringing. We do not, most of us, choose to die; nor do we choose the time and conditions of our death. But within this realm of choicelessness, we do choose how we live."

-- Joseph Epstein

#Life Quotes #Dream Quotes #Country Quotes

“If I focus on being an activist and my job is to be a rapper, I'm not going to be as good of a rapper. I need to focus on hip-hop and focus on making the music, so that when the activists come to me and they need my voice to create a platform, then I've got enough people listening to me. Not because I'm conscious, but because I'm dope.”
“Perhaps the most important word in success and happiness is the word,"ask."”
“Jesus didnâ€™t do it all. Jesus didnâ€™t meet every need. He left people waiting in line to be healed. He left one town to preach to another. He hid away to pray. He got tired. He never interacted with the vast majority of people on the planet. He spent thirty years in training and only three years in ministry. He did not try to do it all. And yet, he did everything God asked him to do.”
“People genuinely happy in their choices seem less often tempted to force them on other people than those who feel martyred and broken by their lives.”

Source : Jane Rule (2013). “Lesbian Images: Essays”, p.14, Open Road Media
“One of the things I think is important about 'Watchmen' is that it have resonance within cinematic pop culture as well as superhero culture.”
“And in the same way, FDR's not much of a father. Although the children in all their memoirs really talk about what a fun-loving guy Dad was, and how brooding and unhappy Mom was. The children sort of blame it all on the mother. Well, this is kind of standard and typical, and aggrieved Eleanor Roosevelt that she was not a happier mother. She wanted to be a happier mother. And I must say, she was a happier grandmother.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“Journal writing is a voyage to the interior.”
“The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly mad and dangerous world.”

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