"Years ago I used to commiserate with all people who suffered. Now I commiserate only with those who suffer in ignorance, who do not understand the purpose and ultimate utility of pain"

-- Bill W.

#Pain Quotes #Ignorance Quotes #Years Quotes

“The image gets built one way or another... it doesn't get done by following the natural order of things, but arises instead from an order that you have in your mind.”
“To shift the direction of our planet, we must now be willing to experiment with the theory that within the speed and stress, we are good.”
“[On Sitting Bull:] The contents of his pockets were often emptied into the hands of small, ragged little boys, nor could he understand how so much wealth should go brushing by, unmindful of the poor.”
“History is written by the winners. The books say the Indians were bad guys and the whites just needed a little land. It's like, Excuse me, let me take your car. I'm discovering it. I'm putting my flag on your windshield.”
“Integrity is the foundation upon which all other values are built.”
“Religion can be one of the greatest impediments to finding God.”
“I wanted to create comics as soon as a I learned humans were behind them, that they were not natural phenomena like trees and boulders.”
“I have a horror of being in confined spaces.”

Source : Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. March 06, 2010.

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