"Keats longed for fame, but longed above all to deserve it."

-- James Russell Lowell

#Fame Quotes #Deserve Quotes

“In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.”
“I actually have to consciously stay away from CNN and MSNBC because it will rot my brain and start having me agree with them as they have an argument between the right and the far right while making it seem they are righteous torch-bearers for democracy. Corporate media is insidiously numbing!”

Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org
“I flashed her a smile, but she didn't even look at me. So for brains and good judgment, I'd give her a three.”
“Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years.”
“A cat actually thinks visibly. If you watch him jump on a shelf, the wish to jump and the action of jumping are one and the same thing... It's in exactly the same way that all Brook's exercises try to train the actor. The actor is trained to become so organically related within himself, he thinks completely with his body. He becomes one sensitive, responding whole... The whole of him is one.”
“It is my interpretation from the Koran that all people have equal rights. That means men and women, Muslims and non-Muslims too, and in a society where all people have equal rights, that means all people should make decisions equally. ... This doesn't mean that we're changing God's law, It just means we're reinterpreting laws according to the development of science - and the realities of the times.”

Source : "Iran at the Millenium, by Robin Wright". Excerpt from The Last Great Revolution: Turmoil and Transformation in Iran (2001), www.pbs.org.
“Any good biography has to got to lead you to the work. Many biographers have started out in love with their subjects and ended up hating them.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Uncontrolled access to data, with no audit trail of activity and no oversight would be going too far. This applies to both commercial and government use of data about people.”

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