"At first I read mostly books by Southern authors - black and white - because almost all the people I knew were born and raised in the South, starting with my mother. I remember I got a lot of Erskine Caldwell."

-- Edward P. Jones

#Mother Quotes #Book Quotes #Black And White Quotes

“Consciousness is the glory of creation.”
“If I say, 'Hey, I'm Psy.' 'Psy?' 'The guy from the video on YouTube?' 'Oh.' I hate that. I've got to be more popular than the video. So I need to keep promoting myself.”
“A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.”
“Our ability to find humor in the world, to make connections between previously unconnected notions, to create new ideas, to share in a common culture: All these essentially human acts depend on memory.”

Source : Joshua Foer (2011). “Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything”, p.188, Penguin
“Your heart always knows what's important. It always knows how to guide you. It's pure, and trustworthy--though it will never shout to be heard. it will never speak above a whisper. But if you learn how to heed it, how to hear it, you will never feel lost in the world.”
“I can watch endless humans get killed, but if I see a movie and they kill a dog, I practically want to walk out.”

Source : "Kristin Bauer: The Lady Is A Vamp". Interview with Jamie Johns, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 8, 2011.
“No man ever went broke overestimating the ignorance of the American public.”
“Charity is a cold grey loveless thing. If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim.”

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