"Random, meaningless groups can adopt an us-versus-them mentality."

-- Alexandra Robbins

#Groups Quotes #Meaningless Quotes #Mentality Quotes

“So with my luck, I'll never make it in time to save the boy in the forest because my hair will have snagged on a tree branch a mile back.”

Source : Cynthia Hand (2011). “Unearthly”, p.15, Egmont UK
“A lot of songs you write are just for exercise - just pencil sharpeners.”
“Be happy with who you are, and know that being you is the best thing you can do for yourself.”

Source : "Meet The Carrie Diaries Star Ellen Wong". Interview with Michelle Ruiz, www.cosmopolitan.com. December 3, 2012.
“The ultimate revenge is being on Top Of The Pops.”
“American tyranny has come gradually, like a slow rising river. Each of us does not realize the danger until the water comes to our door. Until then, it is merely someone elses problem and a problem that we fool ourselves into thinking won't reach us.”
“You don't know whether chimps are going to kill you or kiss you. They're very open on some levels and much more evil in a certain way.”
“I mean people just have a way of - y'know they'll review your record in two sentences and put you in this little stupid box that you don't want to be in”
“Language conveys a certain power. It is one of the instruments of domination. It is carefully guarded by the superior people because it is one of the means through which they conserve their supremacy.”

Source : Sheila Rowbotham (1999). “Threads Through Time: Writings on History and Autobiography”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

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