Astra Taylor Quotes
Giving people what they want reduces us to consumers instead of treating us like citizens, consumers who are on the prowl for the predictable and comfortable. What we want winds up being suspiciously like what we've already got, more of the same-the cultural equivalent of a warm bath.
Astra Taylor
Quotes to Explore
Acting, believe it or not, can get very self-involved! I feel fortunate to have been able to work on things with people who have a very specific point of view and perspective, and who feel like they're doing something very active.
Adam Driver
My writing voice is a little quirkier, more singer-songwriter-y than the Top 40 stuff I cover.
Sam Tsui
I don't mean to be presumptuous that men don't feel this, I don't mean this, but I found that when my child was born, my first child, it felt like my heart broke.
Tea Leoni
For quite a while, it didn't feel right. How could I feel joy when I lost the love of my life? I'm learning that those two things can co-exist. It will never be the same joy, but it doesn't mean there won't be joy.
Taya Kyle
It's OK when something doesn't work. It gives you another data point when things do work.
Payal Kadakia
I had an attack of the gout two days before pulling out, and I went limping off to the war instead of coming limping back from it.
A. J. Liebling
If a Snickers chocolate bar has 50% sugar, wouldn't it be safe to eat the other half?
Wakas Mir
When you're young, you tend to believe what people tell you, and that's dangerous. As you get older, you learn that you're never as good or as bad as they say you are. If you understand this, you win.
George Clooney
Having ADD makes life paradoxical. You can superfocus sometimes, but also space out when you least mean to. You can radiate confidence and also feel as insecure as a cat in a kennel. You can perform at the highest level, feeling incompetent as you do so. You can be loved by many, but feel as if no one really likes you. You can absolutely, totally, intend to do something, then forget to do it. You can have the greatest ideas in the world, but feel as if you can’t accomplish a thing.
Edward Hallowell
For there are very few so foolish who would not rather govern themselves than be governed by others.
Thomas Hobbes
At this auspicious period, the United States came into existence as a Nation; and if their Citizens should not be completely free and happy, the fault will be entirely their own.
George Washington
Latinos are here to stay. As citizen Raquel, I'm proud to be Latina.
Raquel Welch
