"Much thought has at its root a dissatisfaction with what is. Wanting is the urge for the next moment to contain what this moment does not. When there is wanting in the mind, that moment feels incomplete. Wanting is seeing elsewhere. Completeness is being right here."

-- Stephen Levine

#Positive Thinking Quotes #Roots Quotes #Mind Quotes

“It's important to me that youth everywhere, no matter their race, religion, or gender, know that anything is possible with perseverance.”

Source : "The Road to Rio". Interview with Avery Stone, www.yahoo.com. August 3, 2016.
“Theres not a lot out there, and what is out there has to be really interesting to make me want to leave my life, which is really precious to me.”
“I'd rather lie bare-assed naked on the sidewalk and be trampled by tourists from South Dakota than be an accountant.”
“The U.S. government alleges that for the past 45 years, the companies that manufacture and sell tobacco have waged an intentional and coordinated campaign of deceit”

Source : "Justice Department sues big tobacco firms". www.cnn.com. September 22, 1999.
“Black people drink lots of beer. However, you won't see us skiing down a mountain for one, or see us diving for Frisbees on concrete for one.”
“Life is like a box of crayons. Most people are the 8-color boxes, but what you're really looking for are the 64-color boxes with the sharpeners on the back. I fancy myself to be a 64-color box, though I've got a few missing.”
“The older I get, the more I realize how rare it is to meet a kindred spirit.”
“Identity is not inherent. It is shaped by circumstance and sensitivity and resistance to self-pity.”

Source : Dorothy West (2009). “The Wedding: A Novel”, p.82, Anchor

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