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Elizabeth Scott

"..."Are you okay?" he says, still looking at me, and I feel my smile slip, fade, and the silence that falls over us then is so total I canâ€™t hear anything, not the rush-hiss of my heart pounding in my chest, not the sounds all around us; insects, wind, and the distant clatter of othersâ€™ lives in houses built close but not too close because when we look out our windows we all like to pretend that everything we see is ours. But Ryan is not mine."

-- Elizabeth Scott

#Fall Quotes #Heart Quotes #Wind Quotes

“Motivation and inspiration energize people, not by pushing them in the right direction as control mechanisms do but by satisfying basic human needs for achievement, a sense of belonging, recognition, self-esteem, a feeling of control over one's life, and the ability to live up to one's ideals. Such feelings touch us deeply and elicit a powerful response.”

Source : John P. Kotter (1999). “John P. Kotter on what Leaders Really Do”, p.60, Harvard Business Press
“As soon as I realized that I didn't need meat to survive or to be in good health, I began to see how forlorn it all is. If only we had a different mentality about the drama of the cowboy and the range and all the rest of it. It's a very romantic notion, an entrenched part of American culture, but I've seen, for example, pigs waiting to be slaughtered, and their hysteria and panic was something I shall never forget.”
“Hitler is lonely. So is God. Hitler is like God.”

Source : "The War Against God". Book by Carl Lamson Carmer, p. 3, 1943.
“There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that is your own self. So you have to begin there, not outside, not on other people. That comes afterwards, when you have worked on your own corner.”
“Undermine the entire economic structure of society by leaving the pay toilet door ajar so the next person can get in free.”
“In terms of 'American Horror Story' and 'Nashville,' what attracted me to those, and 'Friday Night Lights,' for that matter, is that they felt like something innovative and something that we hadn't seen before. As an actor, that's exciting.”
“Human beings can get used to virtually anything, given plenty of time and no choice in the matter whatsoever.”
“We're gonna totally sell out and try to dominate the world”

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