"Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and that commendation is due which is given to the actions themselves."

-- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#Stars Quotes #Lucky Quotes #Our Actions Quotes

“Other people's songs can inspire me, though - I always have music on when I'm painting.”

Source : "Wild Horses, William Burroughs And White Cake With Danny Fox". Interview with Christiana Spens, thequietus.com. September 22, 2013.
“We are up against the unseen power that controls this dark world and the spiritual agents are from the very headquarters of evil. Therefore, we must wear the "whole armour of God," that we may be able to resist evil in its day of power, and that even when we have fought to a standstill, we may still stand our ground.”
“As in, I wouldn't know normal if it marched up and poked me in the eye.”
“Then your fingers moved down to my chin. You pushed it up with your thumb to look at me, almost like you were studying me in the artificial lights above my head. And, I mean, you really looked at me â€¦ with eyes like two stars. [...] And I had wings fluttering away inside me all right. Big fat moth wings. You trapped me easily, drew me toward you like I was already in the net.”
“Those who condemn the immorality of liberal capitalism do so in comparison with a society of saints that has never existedâ€”and never will”

Source : Martin Wolf (2004). “Why Globalization Works”, p.57, Yale University Press
“Even my family laughed at me because they thought this young guy who's always stuttering in front of other people should be in front of 100 musicians and talk to them and leading them.”
“Most important, [research on affirmative action] has completely failed to show that affirmative action ever closes the academic gap between minorities and whites. And failing in this, affirmative action also fails to help blacks achieve true equality with whites - the ultimate measure of which is parity in skills and individual competence. Without this underlying parity there can never be true equality in employment, income levels, rates of home ownership, educational achievement and the rest.”
“I've spent my whole life pushing sugar. People aren't going to stop eating sugar-we shouldn't throw the baby out with the bathwater. When you're with a group of people and you take a bite of a really great dessert, the conversation just stops. We don't want to get rid of those moments.”

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