"Our love of lockstep is our greatest curse, the source of all that bedevils us. It is the source of homophobia, xenophobia, racism, sexism, terrorism, bigotry of every variety and hue, because it tells us there is one right way to do things, to look, to behave, to feel, when the only right way is to feel your heart hammering inside you and to listen to what its timpani is saying."

-- Anna Quindlen

#Xenophobia Quotes #Heart Quotes #Racism Quotes

“Do you know how much power I have over you? Yes, you, the one just sitting there hitting the f5 button day in and day out!”
“Most people don't like to think. This is why human religions are so popular. It almost doesn't matter what the belief system is, as long as it's firm, consistent, clear in its expectation of the follower, and rigid. Given those characteristics, you can find people who believe in almost anything. It's God's way, they say. God's word. And there are those who will accept that. Gladly. Because, you see, it eliminates the need to think.”
“I had a very modest upbringing.”

Source : "Michelle Dockery Talks DOWNTON ABBEY Season 2". Interview, collider.com. December 30, 2011.
“We exhaust ourselves more from the tension and the consequences of internal disharmony than from hard, unremitting work.”
“Orthodox criticism ... is a murderer of talent. And because the most modest and sensitive people are the most talented, having the most imagination and sympathy, these are the first ones to get killed off.”
“It's always a pleasure when you can compose guitar parts from a strong vocal and not just put the melody on top of guitar riffs.”
“You want me to sneak up on an angel and rip out its pinfeathers, so you can make a fashion statement?”
“What I object to the current government intervention in so-called 'solving the crisis', they haven't solved anything. They've just postponed it.”

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