"We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less."

-- Diogenes

#Inspirational Quotes #Two Quotes #Listening Quotes

“A ten per cent reduction in military expenditures per year would be reasonable, coupled with a programme of retraining the workforce and redirecting the resources in a manner that creates employment and advances social welfare. I also encourage all States to contribute to the UN's annual Report on Military Expenditures by submitting complete data on national defence budgets.”

Source : "UN Expert Urges States to Cut Military Spending and Invest More in Human Development". www.ohchr.org. April 14, 2014.
“I need a release from whatever I'm writing.”
“In a painting, what counts is the unexpected.”

Source : "Le Monologue du Peintre". Book by George Charbonnier, 1959.
“The best way to deal with that is to live in a fully conscious, compassionate, loving way. Don't wait until you're on your deathbed to recognize that this is the only way to live.”
“As Walt Whitman correctly surmised, we are large and we harbour multitudes within us. And those multitudes are locked in chronic battle. There is an ongoing conversation among the different factions in your brain, each competing to control the single output channel of your behaviour.”
“Twi-moms! I love them, the little cougars!”
“Every guy seems nice until heâ€™s not.”
“I can scare myself like a pro.”

Source : Interview with Cary Fukunaga, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 23, 2011.

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