"Fundamentalism is dictatorship of the mind"

-- Hanif Kureishi

#Mind Quotes #Dictatorship Quotes

“The artist must paint as he would speak. I donâ€™t want people to speculate what I mean, I want them to understand.”
“I saw my Lord with the Eye of my heart, and I said: "Who are you?" He answered: "You!"”

Source : "In the Company of Friends: Dreamwork Within a Sufi Group". Book by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, p. 86, 1994.
“I need something different [roles], always something just slightly different, that pushes you and challenges you.”

Source : "Dominic Cooper Talks the Scope of the Film, Finding the Tone, Returning for Captain America 2, and More on the Set of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. June 13, 2012.
“There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.”
“I want to keep growing. I should take a couple steps every year if I want to be one of the best players in the league.”
“You can't really dust for vomit.”

Source : "This Is Spinal Tap". www.imdb.com. 1984.
“I kind of came to the conclusion after I did finally get married that love and relationships are just a series of horrific losses with hopefully one win.”
“Life is not so much about beginnings and endings as it is about going on and on and on. It is about muddling through the middle.”

Source : Anna Quindlen (2010). “Living Out Loud”, p.20, Ballantine Books

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