"To say it another way, thinking, however abstract, originates in an embodied subjectivity, at once overdetermined and permeable to contingent events."

-- Teresa de Lauretis

#Thinking Quotes #Subjectivity Quotes #Events Quotes

“I guess it's kind of the obvious thing for me to do 'cuz it's what I grew up listening to. The songs growing up and everything kind of seem like old music to them, but to me, it's just... good music. And of course I did grow up in England in the 21st Century and that does come into it as well.”

Source : Source: www.coupdemainmagazine.com
“Flowers are not symbols of power. Flowers are too brief, too frail, to elicit much hope of eternity. In truth, flowers are far removed from the human condition and from all human hope. For a moment, in that moment, flowers are simply beautiful.”

Source : Sharman Apt Russell (2002). “Anatomy of a Rose: Exploring the Secret Life of Flowers”, p.2, Basic Books
“The giver gives, but really he is sowing the seed for later, the gift of a rich harvest.”
“I look like the wrath of grapes.”
“When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition. If you don't understand what it's about, you're depriving yourself of being really able to communicate this poem.”
“Man's status in the natural world is determined, therefore, by the quality of his thinking.”

Source : Manly Palmer Hall (2005). “Secret Teachings of All Ages”, p.5, Lulu.com
“Should the fragrance of Thy praise be shed abroad by any of the divers tongues of the world, out of the East or out of the West, it would, verily, be prized and greatly cherished.”
“Darkness is so predictable.”

Source : Stephenie Meyer (2009). “Twilight: Twilight”, p.155, Hachette UK

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