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“Good manners are not bred in moments, but in years.”
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“The world is extremely interesting to a joyful soul.”
Source : Alexandra Stoddard (2013). “Gracious Living in a New World: Finding Joy in Changing Times”, p.5, Harper Collins
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“In Paris on a chilling evening late in October of 1985 I first became fully aware that the struggle with the disorder in my mind - a struggle which had engaged me for several months - might have a fatal outcome.”
Source : "Darkness Visible". Book by William Styron, 1990.
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“I think I've been able to witness Canadian hip-hop get a lot more respect from our own people. I think some of the artists that came before me were doing their thing but lacked a strong next generation of artists to help them capitalize.”
Source : Source: www.hiphopcanada.com
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“If all the world be worth thy winning. / Think, oh think it worth enjoying: / Lovely Thaïs sits beside thee, / Take the good the gods provide thee.”
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“I was strong and tough enough and charming. / How else is a fat Jew lesbian poet gonna get by? / Listening to the radio, staying home, staying alone, like / they mean us to. / Who means you to be left out? / Who don't?”
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“Why are so many problems today perceived as problems of intolerance, rather than as problems of inequality, exploitation, or injustice? Why is the proposed remedy tolerance, rather than emancipation, political struggle, or even armed struggle?”
Source : Slavoj Žižek, Slavoj Zizek (2011). “Living in the End Times”, p.5, Verso
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“There's an old adage," he said, "translated from the ancient Coptic, that contains all the wisdom of the ages -- "Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”
