"Someone responding to intuition, to chance and fortune, often can't explain himself well."

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Source : Alec Wilkinson (2012). “The Ice Balloon”, p.20, HarperCollins UK

Alec Wilkinson

#Intuition Quotes #Chance Quotes #Fortune Quotes

“Kill Bill is one of my favorite movies. It has this gritty feeling to it, and it's got a little bit of everything - a little bit of western, a little bit of samurai, and a lot of this very cinematic violence that I personally think is very entertaining.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The man of authentic self-confidence is the man who relies on the judgment of his own mind. Such a man is not malleable; he may be mistaken, he may be fooled in a given instance, but he is inflexible in regard to the absolutism of reality, i.e., in seeking and demanding truth.”
“Imagine how terrifying it would be if we had to decide the beginnings of things for ourselves: as to what race we should belong, what sex, and all that, instead of placidly coming out of unconsciousness to find it all arranged!”

Source : Mabel Osgood Wright (1901). “The garden of a commuter's wife”
“My son is the reason why I write music. He's the reason why everything is different for me. Because when he came into the picture, my priorities changed. I can risk possibly being incarcerated because the only person pays for it is me. I know that if I'm not physically available to take care of him, nobody else will. I want to have the relationship with him that me and my father never had.”
“The Shell The sea fills my ear with sand and with fear. You may wash out the sand, but never the sound of the ghost of the sea that is haunting me.”
“An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties.”
“I want to initiate a change in society in the long term.”
“Don't look for God in the sky; look within your own body.”

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