"Having eyes, but not seeing beauty; having ears, but not hearing music; having minds, but not perceiving truth; having hearts that are never moved and therefore never set on fire. These are the things to fear, said the headmaster."

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Source : Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (1984). “Totto-Chan: the little girl at the window”, Kodansha America

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

#Fear Quotes #Heart Quotes #Eye Quotes

“The best way to handle good fortune is to do something positive and useful with it. The best way to handle misfortune is exactly the same.”
“What really drives the battle against law enforcement and punishment is not a commitment to treatment, but the widely held view that, first, we are imprisoning too many people for merely possessing illegal drugs; second, drug and other criminal sentences are too long and harsh, and third, the criminal justice system is unjustly punishing young black men. These are among the great urban myths of our time.”

Source : "Bush's drugs boss is unfit for office, say civil rights groups" Duncan Campbell, www.theguardian.com. September 7, 2001.
“The fears that assault us are mostly simple anxieties about social skills, about intimacy, about likeableness, or about performance. We need not give emotional food or charge to these fears or become attached to them. We donâ€™t even have to shame ourselves for having these fears. Simply ask your fears, â€œWhat are you trying to teach me?â€ Some say that FEAR is merely an acronym for â€œFalse Evidence Appearing Real.â€ From Everything Belongs, p. 143”
“I'm writing a film. With our access to these powerful media, we're going to take over, because it's really disgusting what is put out there now to be consumed”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I was an unhappy child, and that puts me off having a child of my own.”
“Look, I'm not an intellectual - I just take pictures.”
“Tea Party has now cost the Republicans 5 senate seats. My next donation is going to them.”
“What girls do to each other is beyond description. No chinese torture comes close.”

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