"When a human being becomes a set of data on a website like Facebook, he or she is reduced. Everything shrinks. Individual character. Friendships. Language. Sensibility."

-- Zadie Smith

#Character Quotes #Data Quotes #Language Quotes

“I am one of those who do not believe that a national debt is a national blessing, but rather a curse to a republic; inasmuch as it is calculated to raise around the administration a moneyed aristocracy dangerous to the liberties of the country.”

Source : Andrew Jackson, Sam B. Smith, Harriet Fason Chappell Owsley, Harold D. Moser (1996). “The Papers of Andrew Jackson: 1821-1824”, p.399, Univ. of Tennessee Press
“You know, everyone is always talking about plastic surgery, or the technology, what to do. I really think it's important to help yourself with the technology if you want to feel better, but I am absolutely against any kind of monstrous cuts of the body, lifting that is beyond recognition, this kind of stuff.”
“Unhappiness really meant something back then. Now it's just a drag, like a cold or having no money.”
“Damon Lindelof is hypnotizing. His imagination is without limits, and Tom Perrotta, as well. You begin to just trust, completely, where the story is going, knowing that you're entirely safe in the truthfulness of it.”
“For a tree to become tall it must grow tough roots among the rocks.”
“The longer you live, the more dreams you should have to keep you occupied.”

Source : Alice Bag (2011). “Violence Girl: East L.A. Rage to Hollywood Stage, a Chicana Punk Story”, p.348, Feral House
“We cannot reason ourselves into love, nor can we reason ourselves out of it, which suggests that love and reason have little to do with each other.”
“I salute every individual who honours the core values of peace and help in one way or another to make a difference.”

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