"I was one of the first people to almost actually vomit over hearing the use of the phrase "family values" and I pride myself on never having fallen for the idea that Barbara Bush was sweet and grandmotherly. I met Barbara Bush and, as I expected, she was a tank with eyes, not a nice person at all and why should that blow anybody away?"

-- Paula Poundstone

#Sweet Quotes #Nice Quotes #Eye Quotes

“Truly wealth, which men spend all their lives in acquiring, is a valueless thing at the last.”

Source : H. Rider Haggard (2016). “King Solomon's Mines”, p.240, Oxford University Press
“Conventional opinions fit so comfortably into the dominant paradigm as to be seen not as opinions but as statements of fact, as 'the nature of things.' The very efficacy of opinion manipulation rests on the fact that we do not know we are being manipulated. The most insidious forms of oppression are those that so insinuate themselves into our communication universe and the recesses of our minds that we do not even realize they are acting upon us.”

Source : Michael Parenti (2011). “The Culture Struggle”, p.130, Seven Stories Press
“I'm not good with limitations. I tend to like to find my own.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“...being human always points, and is directed, to something, or someone, other than oneselfâ€”be it meaning to fulfill or another human being to encounter. The more one forgets himselfâ€”by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to loveâ€”the more human he is and the more he actualizes himself.... What is called self-actualization is not an attainable aim at all, for the simple reason that the more one would strive for it, the more he would miss it. In other words, self-actualization is possible only as a side-effect of self-transcendence.”
“Even so you have managed to live that love in the only way possible for you. Losing it before it happened.”
“Success is in the journey, but the reward is the view from the top.”
“Everyone needs reality to punch them in the face every once in a while. Keeps you on guard.”

Source : Alexandra Bracken (2016). “In the Afterlight”, p.194, Hachette UK
“Candor is the only way I know how to do it. I'm way too old to change. At the end of the day, I believe the truth is stronger than any lie that's out there.”

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