"We read because they teach us about people, we can see ourselves in them,in their problems.And by seeing ourselves in them, we clarify ourselves, we explain ourselves to ourselves, so we can live with ourselves..."

-- F. Sionil JosÃ©

#People Quotes #Problem Quotes #Teach Quotes

“I won't go up in a plane, but if a play crashes, I'll jump into the next one that comes along and take it up for a spin.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“I went down to London with the idea that I was going to do vocals over this crazy, crazy trip-hop digital beat. Within two or three months, I heard Hunky Dory by David Bowie and that changed me in one way, and I realized what I actually wanted was to have an E Street Band - individuals, not session musicians.”

Source : "The Eyes Have It". Barnes & Noble Interview with David Sprague, web.archive.org. February 2006.
“Stripe really did come about because we were really appalled by how hard it was to charge for things online.”
“We are beckoned to see the world through a one-way mirror, as if we are threatened and innocent and the rest of humanity is threatening, or wretched, or expendable. Our memory is struggling to rescue the truth that human rights were not handed down as privileges from a parliament, or a boardroom, or an institution, but that peace is only possible with justice and with information that gives us the power to act justly.”
“Because nonbeing longs for being, on occasion it creates a stronger sense of being than being itself.”
“Dr Johnson died in 1944. The suspicion exists that he was silenced...However two federal inspectors did examine his hospital record in the late 1950's. They concluded it was likely that he was poisoned.”
“Whatever your present situation, I assure you that you are not your habits. You can replace old patterns of self-defeating behavior with new patterns, new habits of the effectiveness, happiness and trust-based relationships.”
“The American government is making nuclear weapons like there's no tomorrow.”

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