"She missed the built environment of New York City. It was only in an urban landscape, amid straight lines and architecture, that she could situate herself in human time and history. She missed people. She missed human intrigue, drama and power struggles. She needed her own species, not to talk to, necessarily, but just to be among, as a bystander in a crowd or an anonymous witness."

-- Ruth Ozeki

#New York Quotes #Drama Quotes #Struggle Quotes

“You know what I'm great at? Trivial Pursuit. What good is that gonna do you in life? It has the word 'trivial' in the name. The game is basically telling you that you pursue trivial things. Trivial - as in not important. Trivial - as in maybe you should've gone to grad school.”
“Those who are unprepared to demonstrate tolerance cannot expect or even demand tolerance for themselves.”
“Women are mad at me. A girl came up to me on the street and she almost smacked me. Like, â€˜How could you? How could you let a girl like that go?â€™ I feel like I want to give people hugs, they seem so sad. Rachel and I should be the ones getting hugs! Instead, weâ€™re consoling everybody else.”
“This position will not be disputed, so long as it is admitted that the desire of reward is one of the strongest incentives of human conduct, or that the best security for the fidelity of mankind is to make their interest coincide with their duty. Even the love of fame, the ruling passion of the noblest minds...would on the contrary deter him from the undertaking, when he foresaw that he must quit the scene before he could accomplish the work . . .”
“Have you ever thought, when something dreadful happens, 'a moment ago things were not like this; let it be then, not now, anything but now'? And you try and try to remake then, but you know you can't. So you try to hold the moment quite still and not let it move on and show itself.”
“You've got to keep the stage world and your real world separated or you're headed for trouble.”
“I love Michael Kors! I also love Miu Miu shoes - they're fabulous, I have so many pairs.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“...when you resist what happens, your mind begins to race; the same thoughts that impinge upon you are actually created by you.”

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