Derrick Bostrom Quotes

In my world, you really gotta keep on people if you want to be sure that things won’t get fucked up.

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• If there is anything besides the Self there is reason to fear? Who sees the second? First, the ego arises and sees objects as external. If the ego does not rise, the Self alone exists and there is no second.

  

  Ramana Maharshi
  • Fear
  • Alone
  • Ego

• The hand cannot reach higher than does the heart.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • Heart
  • Hand
  • Reach

• I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.

  

  Salma Hayek
  • Work
  • Love
  • Living

• The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • Feeling
  • Humor
  • Perception

• That's what we were exploring on 'Larry Sanders' - the human qualities that have brought us to where we are now in the world: the addiction to needing more and wanting more and talking more. We were examining the labels put on success - is it successful to be on TV every day, to be famous, to have a paycheck?

  

  Garry Shandling
  • World
  • Success
  • Day

• When you're doing superhero stunts, the objective is to look as cool as humanly possible.

  

  J. August Richards
  • Cool
  • Doing
  • Superhero

• Anyone who creates something new or does something different artistically is going to be singled out.

  

  Carlisle Floyd
  • Different
  • New
  • Something

• For a decade, makers of AIDS medicines had rejected the idea of lowering prices in poor countries for fear of eroding profits in rich ones. The position required a balancing act, because the companies had to deflect attacks on the global reach of their patents, which granted exclusive marketing rights for antiretroviral drugs.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • Fear
  • Rich
  • Marketing

• My favorite form of transportation is walking. I live in a neighborhood where you can walk to restaurants, banks, and shops.

  

  Ed Begley, Jr.
  • Live
  • Walking
  • Walk

• Life in New York can be so, I don't know, chaotic, overwhelming, busy, frantic, and often, seniors can easily get overlooked.

  

  Aaron Lazar
  • Life
  • New York
  • Busy

• I was reading Omar Khayyam, Kahlil Gibran, Rumi, L. Ron Hubbard, all sorts of philosophy. Bebop cats are like that. Curious. I wanted to know about everything.

  

  Quincy Jones
  • Reading
  • Philosophy
  • Cats

• I'm a quasi-only child. With my brother and sister, I've more of a tendency to be semi-maternal. So, yes, I spent a lot of time talking to myself - I had this big dressing-up box and would just dress up as lots of characters and talk back to myself... Verging on schizophrenia, I suppose, if you analyse it carefully.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Up
  • Time
  • Brother

• We take for granted electricity, water, even concerts. Count your blessings.

  

  Damian Marley
  • Water
  • Blessings

• I always like and appreciate the support for the fans; I am very grateful to everyone who supports me.

  

  Fedor Emelianenko
  • Support
  • Like
  • Fans

• The older I get and the longer I live in New York City, the more I have the desire to go elsewhere and be surrounded by nature.

  

  Olivia Thirlby
  • Live
  • Nature
  • City

• War is not civilized.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • War
  • Civilized

• When I'm getting to know someone, I look for someone who has passions that I respect, like his career. Someone who loves what he does is really attractive.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Career
  • Know
  • Respect

• Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.

  

  Carl Jung
  • Man
  • Health
  • Difficulties

• The Libertarians, of whom I'm rather fond, are running Harry Browne. Libertarians are, just as they claim, principled and consistent - they believe in individual liberty. Commendable as they are, and despite their reliability as allies in civil liberties struggles, you may notice that Libertarians sometimes prove that a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, and that there is a difference between logic and wisdom.

  

  Molly Ivins
  • Believe
  • Mind
  • Running

• I'm not very good with stills. I get all twitchy.

  

  Saffron Burrows
  • Good
  • Very
  • Get

• When you are a strong woman, you will attract trouble. When a man feels threatened, there is always trouble.

  

  Barbara Taylor Bradford
  • Man
  • Strong
  • Strong Woman

• I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.

  

  Victoria Woodhull
  • Government
  • Happiness
  • Pursue

• I never really saw [my father] at all when I was growing up.

  

  Carrie Fisher
  • Father
  • Growing

• In my world, you really gotta keep on people if you want to be sure that things won’t get fucked up.

  

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