"I'm part of the consumer culture... I'm just using the space I am given to express something that is out of the space so I'm part of the consumer system but I'm advocating stepping out. Which is a contradiction but I could be part of he consumer system and say, 'let's consume even more.'"

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Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

Michel Gondry

#Space Quotes #Culture Quotes #Contradiction Quotes

“I think scars are like battle wounds - beautiful, in a way. They show what you've been through and how strong you are for coming out of it.”

Source : Demi Lovato (2013). “Staying Strong: 365 Days a Year”, p.40, Macmillan
“Affirmations are our mental vitamins, providing the supplementary positive thoughts we need to balance the barrage of negative events and thoughts we experience daily.”
“The neck on which diamonds might have worthily sparkled, will look less tempting when the biting winter has hung icicles there for gems.”

Source : Samuel Lover (1843). “Handy Andy: A Tale of Irish Life”, p.356
“My Dad wanted me to be able to play with him and my brothers. I was the only girl!”
“Start with short stories. After all, if you were taking up rock climbing, you wouldn't start with Mount Everest. So if you're starting fantasy, don't start with a nine-book series.”
“The beginning of 1856 found me teaching in the family of a planter named Bryan, residing in Prince George County, Md., some fifteen or twenty miles from Washington.”
“I've taught statistics, math courses and what I've found is that often if you teach them algebraically the formulas, you'll have one group of kids doing well.”
“We need to fashion policies with proper incentives to reduce the amount of carbon we are putting in the atmosphere.”

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