"I used to be a conservative, and I watch these debates and Iâ€™m wondering, I donâ€™t think Iâ€™ve changed, but itâ€™s a little troubling sometimes when people are appealing to peopleâ€™s fears and emotion rather than trying to get them to look over the horizon for a broader perspective, and thatâ€™s kind of where we are."

-- Jeb Bush

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Perspective Quotes

“Reality is shaped by the forces that destroy it.”

Source : D. Harlan Wilson (2013). “The Kyoto Man”
“Disapproval of homosexuality cannot justify invading the houses, hearts and minds of citizens who choose to live their lives differently.”
“Iâ€™d always heard that when you truly love someone, youâ€™re happy for them as long theyâ€™re happy. But thatâ€™s a lie. Thatâ€™s higher-road bullshit. If you love someone so much, why the hell would you be happy to see them with anyone else? I didnâ€™t want the easy kind of love. I wanted the crazy love, the kind of love that created and destroyed all at the same time.”
“Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out.”
“When I told my wife UConn would win the Big East tournament, she wanted to know why a team from Alaska got into the Big East tournament.”
“Romeo Must Die was the first film that I did where I was able to just be free as an actor.”
“Would I still feel this way on leaving the party tonight? Or would I find cunning ways to latch on to minor defects so they'd start to bother me and allow me to snuff the dream till it tapered off and lost its luster and, with its luster gone, remind me once again, as ever again, that happiness is the one thing that in our lives others cannot bring.”

Source : André Aciman (2010). “Eight White Nights: A Novel”, p.5, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
“To acknowledge, to accept, and to forgive one's parents - both what they gave and what they did not give, both one's dependence upon them and one's independence of them - is the ultimate hallmark of maturity: a perception as valid for institutions as for individuals.”

Source : Ernest Kurtz (2010). “Not God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous”, p.131, Hazelden Publishing

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