"Most people donâ€™t really want to think independently or make decisions; theyâ€™re herd animals with herd instincts to keep to the middle of the group where itâ€™s safest, donâ€™t stand out too much, donâ€™t move too far away from convention, etc. They want to be led and dictated to. But theyâ€™re stubborn, mulish animals and they like to think theyâ€™re independent and free."

-- Blanche Barton

#Moving Quotes #Independent Quotes #Animal Quotes

“When I made 'Hard Boiled,' I had no idea that it would be released to an international audience. I just wanted to make a film to team up my two favorite actors, Tony Leung and Chow Yun-Fat.”

Source : Interview with Todd Gilchrist, www.ign.com. August 15, 2007.
“I can give you high blood pressure just on the phone by criticizing you. On the other hand, I can send a tweet to somebody in China and give them a dopamine hit.”
“We must learn to do more with temptation than just bear it - we must learn to use it. The secret of using temptation, and turning it to our advantage, is one of life's greatest secrets. Once we have learned it we are unbeatable and unbreakable.”
“The sweetest things in life were not necessarily what one strove for and grabbed. Instead, many many times the All-Merciful, the All-Generous would give His servants without being petitioned, without waiting to be asked.”

Source : Leila Aboulela (2011). “Lyrics Alley: A Novel”, p.280, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“In the 1998 Oscars, I found myself in the bathroom in a stall, next to Tom Selleck. So I leaned over and I said 'looks like we're a couple of peeing Toms. His angry silence is something I'll never forget.”
“Our work begins where God's grace has laid the foundation; we are not to save souls, but to disciple them.”
“We're living longer, we social network alone with our screens, and our depth of feeling gets shallower. Soon it'll be nothing but a tide pool, then a thimble of water, then a micro drop.”
“Reading newspapers in the state of Maine is like paying somebody to tell you lies,”

Source : "LePage tells students to keep their options open" By Ben Mccanna, www.centralmaine.com. March 15, 2012.

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