"Bathtub falls and police officers kill more Americans than terrorism, yet we've been asked to sacrifice our most sacred rights for fear of falling victim to it."

-- Edward Snowden

#Fall Quotes #Sacrifice Quotes #Rights Quotes

“I grew up in Danville, Illinois, right in the middle of the state.”
“Had enough of my poetry yet? That's why they pay me to fight demons instead.”
“We talk about how we think, believe, suspect Michael Jackson treats children. We don't talk about how WE treat child stars. Child stars are abused by the culture. And what's more treacherous than when the rewards of child stardom issue from the abuse? Child stars are performers above all else. Whenever their triumps, they are going to make sure we see everyone of their scars. That's the final price of admission.”
“Think about how rare it is that you exist at all. Also think about time this way: If something exists, even for a second, then forever in the future that thing â€œexistedâ€, and forever in the past that thing â€œwas going to existâ€. So to even be conscious for a millisecond is a kind of immortality, but you have more than a millisecond. You have minutes. Hours. Months. A year? Years! This is a gift.”
“If price spikes don't change eating habits, perhaps the combination of deforestation, pollution, climate change, starvation, heart disease and animal cruelty will gradually encourage the simple daily act of eating more plants and fewer animals.”

Source : Mark Bittman (2015). “A Bone to Pick: The good and bad news about food, with wisdom and advice on diets, food safety, GMOs, farming, and more”, p.58, Clarkson Potter
“From the moment we are born, the world tends to have a container already built for us to fit inside: A social security number, a gender, a race, a profession or an I.Q. I ponder if we are more defined by the container we are in, rather than what we are inside. Would we recognize ourselves if we could expand beyond our bodies?Â Would we still be able to exist if we were authentically un-contained?”
“A consistently highly creative person is generally irresponsible.”
“Manage yourself first and others will take your orders.”

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