Dcms Website Quotes & Sayings

We have already noticed the difference in the attitude of a spectator and of an agent or participant. The former is indifferent to what is going on; one result is just as good as another, since each is just something to look at. The latter is bound up with what is going on; its outcome makes a difference to him. — John Dewey

I do not believe in populism. I am not a supporter of radical decisions. Practice has shown that usually these are harmful. — Valentina Matviyenko

The more workers you have in your organization, the better you are implanted in the working class, the more likely you are to come up with the concrete problems of the class. — Ernest Mandel

You know, just once, I'd like my life to be all about spending Sunday afternoon in my pajamas, — Seanan McGuire

Some of these guys are so violent that it is hard for witnesses to come forward, and they get involved in repeat criminal activities, so it is unfortunate that they had to die, but it did kind of end the cycle that we were struggling with. — Ray Nagin

Liberty is a romantic notion to me. — Dawn McCullough-White

Nothing is really so very frightening when everything is so very dangerous — Gertrude Stein

1) Choose a person, older than yourself, you see frequently - not too often by approx once a week or once a month. Maybe one of your grandparents if they are still alive.
2) Every time you meet the chosen person you press your 2 pointing-fingers firmly against your eyes for 10 to 20 seconds until various colors and patterns arise.
3) Try to note or memorize the patterns and colors in connection with the context and repeat the practice every time you meet the chosen person for a as long as possible, minimum 6 months.
4) After minimum 6 months of this practice you can recall the person, virtually by pressing your eyes for a while. In the midst of the colors and pattern a sense of presence of the chosen person arrives even after the chosen person has died. — Hans Ulrich Obrist

In my most psychotic stages, I imagine myself chewing on sidewalks and bulging and swallowing sunlight and clouds. — Andy Behrman

I am able more and more to make use of that long patience you have taught me by your tenacious example; that patience which, disproportionate to ordinary life which seems to bid us haste, puts us in touch with all that surpasses us. — Rainer Maria Rilke

Owning the intellectual property is like owning land: You need to keep investing in it again and again to get a payoff; you can't simply sit back and collect rent. — Esther Dyson

Walking around the ragged exterior of Ramsay House, Amelia talked animatedly with John Dashiell, asking about his past projects, his ambitions, and whether there were difficulties in working with one's brother.
"We knock heads quite often, I'm afraid," Dashiell replied, squinting against the afternoon sun. A quick grin illuminated his face. "We both hate to compromise. I accuse him of being set in his ways, and he accuses me of arrogance. The pity of it is, we're both right. — Lisa Kleypas

I did grow up in Los Angeles. I actually didn't start acting until I was sixteen, so I was very removed from the Hollywood scene. I had always been in my school plays, but my mom and dad wanted to keep me out of the business until I was old enough to know who I was and not let anyone change me. — Halston Sage

Life is love, a gift from god and parent, death is gratitude for a new dimension — Masaru Emoto

A ballsy killer with the body of a goddess and the mouth of a sailor - in his eyes, that was perfection. — Bethany K. Lovell