"I wouldnt mind being a fly on the wall in a few Victorian parlours."

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Sarah Waters

#Wall Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Songs are funny things. They can slip across borders. Proliferate in prisons. Penetrate hard shells. I always believed that the right song at the right moment could change history.”
“We do not owe any soul, except that which played the most vital role in our lives.”
“The time and thought which most persons waste in aimless effort would accomplish wonders if properly directed with some special object in view. In order to do this, it is necessary to center your mental force upon a specific thought and hold it there, to the exclusion of all other thoughts.”
“As Hegel well knew, the ascent of reason has never followed a straight line.”

Source : Paul A. Baran (1968). “Political Econ of Growth”, p.298, NYU Press
“No white group has founded a major religion on this planet. The major religious were started in the Orient and the Middle East, not in Greece and Rome. I always knew you racists didn't have a prayer.”
“What's the difference between a politician and a catfish? One is a wide-mouthed, bottom-feeding, slime sucker - and the other is a fish.”
“The place you have to start to be any good at this, at acting, is with yourself. Everything is inside of you, all of it - the murderer, the great mother, the therapist, the husband. Everything is inside of us.”
“You can rest assured that if you devote your time and attention to the highest advantage of others, the Universe will support you, always and only in the nick of time.”

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