"Why does everybody think that women are debasing themselves when we expose the conditions of our debasement?"

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Source : Chris Kraus (2015). “I Love Dick”, p.173, Profile Books

Chris Kraus

#Thinking Quotes #Doe Quotes

“Only those who love with the heart can animate the love of others.”

Source : Abel Stevens (1881). “Madame de Staël: A Study of Her Life and Times: the First Revolution and the First Empire”
“Each time I think that the song is ended ... something higher and better begins for me.”

Source : Hans Christian Andersen (2016). “The Complete Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen: 120+ Stories in One Volume: From the most beloved writer of children’s stories and fairy tales, including The Little Mermaid, The Snow Queen, The Ugly Duckling, The Nightingale, The Emperor's New Clothes, Thumbelina and more”, p.153, e-artnow (Open Publishing)
“In Italy the Coach is a paratrooper who jumps out of the plane but doesn't know if the parachute will open or not.”
“Jesus is a powerful guy in Hollywood. Not quite as powerful as Vin Diesel, but powerful.”
“True happiness comes not when we get rid of all of our problems,but when we change our relationship to them, when we see our problems as a potential source of awakening, opportunities to practice, and to learn.”

Source : Richard Carlson (1998). “Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, and It's All Small Stuff: Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking Over Your Life”, MacMillan Publishing Company
“Drinking is an emotional thing. It joggles you out of the standardism of everyday life, out of everything being the same. It yanks you out of your body and your mind and throws you against the wall. I have the feeling that drinking is a form of suicide where you're allowed to return to life and begin all over the next day. It's like killing yourself, and then you're reborn. I guess I've lived about ten or fifteen thousand lives now.”
“Solomon's Proverbs, I think, have omitted to say, that as the sore palate findeth grit, so an uneasy consciousness heareth innuendos.”
“If we're destroying our trees and destroying our environment and hurting animals and hurting one another and all that stuff, there's got to be a very powerful energy to fight that. I think we need more love in the world. We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that.”

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