"It is more often from pride than from defective understanding that people oppose established opinions: they find the best places taken in the good party and are reluctant to accept inferior ones."

-- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#Party Quotes #Taken Quotes #Pride Quotes

“No law of nature, however general, has been established all at once; its recognition has always been preceded by many presentiments.”
“I think a lot about writing and I try to read a lot. Being a musician, I don't take the words lightly; they are very, very important to me. At the same time, the words have to be musical and have to fit.”
“I have to do this all the time - choosing what to print based on how it might come back to harm people from whom I've earned trust.”
“Storytelling is about listening in any media.”
“I love animals and I love to see movies with animals that are done respectfully, you know?”
“The human body is not an instrument to be used, but a realm of one's being to be experienced, explored, enriched and, thereby, educated.”
“I'm not interested in embarrassing the United States. We as a nation need to foster a broader understanding of national security, and when in the name of national security the US government both overtly and covertly aligns itself with the apartheid state and against heroic freedom fighters for racial justice ... Not only in 1962 but also keeping in mind that Mandela was on the US terror watch list until 2008, that kind of myopic understanding of national security has devastating consequences.”
“Does it bother me that some people are burning their own System CDs and taking money out of my pocket? Not really. This has always been about putting the best possible version of the song in the fans hands. It was like selling an artist's painting before he had finished it.”

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