"I had a curious feeling that I was living on several planes simultaneously; the overlapping of these planes was confusing."

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Source : Anna Kavan, Brian Wilson Aldiss (1990). “My madness: the selected writings of Anna Kavan”

Anna Kavan

#Feelings Quotes #Confusing Quotes #Curious Quotes

“I started out modeling at a young age and surrounded myself with different brilliant minds. I have so many people to get educated from, and I've been a sponge.”
“Having been in Hollywood as a shadow, as someone who is almost invisible, I can see fame for what it is.”
“What do you do with mother love and mother wit when the babies are grown and gone away?”
“I don't want to be Sheryl Sandberg and 'Lean In', I don't want to lean in like a guy. I want to be more. I want to be a woman and proudly a woman.”
“The danger, then, is that materialism is not only shaping how we live but the way we think as well. It influences our consumer tastes and our preference for high-paying jobs, but it also alters our capacity to pray, the nature of our prayers, and the ways in which religious tutelage instructs our values.”
“Obama specializes in knocking down straw men. 'I reject the view that says our problems will simply take care of themselves,' he said, implying that's the view of Republicans. It's the view of almost no one.”

Source : "The Return of Big Government" by Fred Barnes, www.weeklystandard.com. March 9, 2009.
“DON'T TAKE ANYTHING PERSONALLY. NOTHINGS OTHERS DO IS BECAUSE OF YOU. WHAT OTHERS SAY AND DO IS A PROJECTION OF THEIR OWN REALITY, THEIR OWN DREAM. WHEN YOU ARE IMMUNE TO THE OPINIONS OF OTHERS, YOU WON'T BE THE VICTIM OF NEEDLESS SUFFERING.”
“In fact, it was the largest expeditionary force of the 18th century. The largest, most powerful force ever set forth from Britain or any nation.”

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