"Victory over others brings us satisfaction, but victory over ourselves brings us joy."

-- David Hawkins

#Joy Quotes #Victory Quotes #Satisfaction Quotes

“We create our own worlds. We destroy our own worlds. It is that simple..”

Source : Patricia Cornwell (2001). “The Last Precinct: Scarpetta”, p.44, Penguin
“Misunderstanding is my cornerstone. It's everyone's, come to think of it. Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet.”
“I actually cut my sentences a lot. I'm very aware of the actor, giving them too many words - just a mouthful of words - it's difficult sometimes for an actor. So I'm kind of aware of breaking sometimes the line, the sentence with a comma where maybe there wouldn't be a comma there. Just to give a breathing space for the actor, just to be aware of that.”
“We went from candy bars, to handle bars, to hangin' in bars, to being behind bars”
“Ideas can no more flow backward than can a river.”
“The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.”
“Clearly the Secretary of Defense, my boss, would like nothing better than to get Osama bin Laden and to get... to ensure the complete defeat of al-Qaida, because we know that al-Qaida is planning operations against the United States even as we speak here.”

Source : Interview with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. March 4, 2004.
“I have a personality defect where I REFUSE to see myself as an underdog.”

Source : "Sundance: Lena Dunham, Kristen Wiig and Your Other Favorite Female Comedians on Misogyny, Sex Scenes, and Their Secret Weapons" by Emily Buder, www.indiewire.com. January 26, 2015.

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