"What we have learned to look for in a situation determines mostly what we see."

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Source : Ellen J. Langer (2009). “Counterclockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility”, p.33, Ballantine Books

Ellen Langer

#Ironic Quotes #Looks Quotes #Situation Quotes

“I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!”

Source : "Danai Gurira Talks THE WALKING DEAD Season 3, Playing the Action Hero Michonne and Wielding the Sword". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 26, 2012.
“I tend to play in a way that feels natural to me. To me that's authentic for myself. I play by where I'm led by some sense of where I feel I'm supposed to be.”
“I give them the head, choke them, hit them in the balls.You'rehting, not playing the piano, you know”
“Vulnerability is the core, the heart, the center, of meaningful human experience.”
“This is an issue that has an exceedingly high number of threads in it. It involves race, it involves culture, it involves crime, it involves justice.”
“Past tears are present strength.”

Source : James Hogg, R. L. Stevenson, George MacDonald (2014). “Scottish Supernatural Classics: The Three Perils of Man, Thrawn Janet and Other Stories, Phantastes and Lilith”, p.868, Palimpsest Book Production Limited
“We're always attracted to characters who are people we could identify with and yet are put through incredibly tortured or difficult circumstances - the idea being that you don't really know who you are until you've been tested or suffered in some way.”
“When you're in the muck you can only see muck. If you somehow manage to float above it, you still see the muck but you see it from a different perspective. And you see other things too. That's the consolation of philosophy.”

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