"Loss of social standing is an ever-present threat for individuals whose social acceptance is based on behavioral traits rather than unconditional human value."

-- Melissa Harris-Perry

#Acceptance Quotes #Loss Quotes #Individual Quotes

“The most human thing about anyone is a thing he learns and ... and earns. It's a thing he can't have when he's very young; if he gets it at all, he gets it after a long search and a deep conviction. After that it's truly part of him as long as he lives.”
“I have enjoyed all the artists I've worked with.”
“The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.”
“I feel sorry for a culture that depends too much on delegating its musical expression to professionals. It is fine to have heroes, but we should do our own singing first, even if it is never heard beyond the shower curtain.”
“New ideas are sometimes found in the most granular details of a problem where few others bother to look.”

Source : Nate Silver (2012). “The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't”, p.76, Penguin
“The slaves of today will become the tyrants of tomorrow--the proletariat overthrows the hegemon to become the hegemon itself, only to be eventually overthrown by a proto-hegemon that will in turn lose its position. It is this dizzying cycle that keeps humanity chasing the tail it lost millennia ago”

Source : Miguel Syjuco (2010). “Ilustrado: A Novel”, p.70, Macmillan
“Most meetings are too long, too dull, too unproductive - and too much a part of corporate life to be abandoned.”
“Ninety percent of my roles, I've had to fight for. It's only a really small percentage of people who get handed roles. But that can be quite scary. The good thing about auditioning is that you get to test yourself and see if you can play this character - you're also auditioning yourself. I enjoy seeing what the chemistry is between the people you might be working with.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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