Do Gooders Power Paternalism Quotes & Sayings

Practicing love often means feeling through fear: intentionally opening yourself when you would rather close down, giving yourself when you would rather hide. Love means recognizing yourself as the open fullness of this moment regardless of its contents
trenchant thoughts, enchanting pleasures, heavy emotions, or gnawing pains
and surrendering all hold on the familiar act you call 'me'. — David Deida

Tools exist for only one reason: to force the universe into unnatural shapes. — Peter Watts

Whatever comes, let it come, what stays let stay, what goes let go. — Papaji

I would like to write a book that wasn't so violent and weird, but I just don't think I can do that with my talent. I don't think it would come off. — Donald Ray Pollock

How on earth did I get here, and where the hell are my pants? — John Nunley

All year long Sylvia had been trying to overthrow her guileless, college girl image. She knew "cottons with big full skirts and university personalities" would have looked hopelessly naive in New York. Sylvia wanted to be hard and urban. — Elizabeth Winder

The average American is for the underdog, but only on the condition that he has a chance to win. — Bill Vaughan

Airport security exists to guard us against terrorist attacks. — Salman Rushdie

I never expected to win three medals in the Athens Olympic Games. Of course, I would rather have won one gold. — Marian Dragulescu

Near the point of impact, time acelerates to the speed of light. — Joyce Carol Oates

Why don't you want to know that I like you, Rowen? Why don't you want me to tell you I'm so damn attracted to you, I almost don't trust myself to be alone with you like we are right now? Why don't you want to know that I care about you so much ... ? — Nicole Williams

I really do not care if it is a B-movie or not. — Pam Grier

I grew up encrusted with lead and spectrumed with crayons. My dearest companions were Eberhard and Crayola. Washing for meals was a cosmic enterprise. — Chaim Potok

I tend to write songs critiquing myself. The best way for me to deal with stuff is to write a song about it ... That's not to say all my songs are like that. — Ty Segall

I (John Stone) have never had any great desire to abolish poverty or save fallen women; I am, and always have been, deeply suspicious of those who wish to do these things. They normally cause more harm than good and, in my experience, their desire for power, to control others, is very much greater than that of any businessman. p 455 Stone's Fall — Iain Pears

The only thing a title can buy is a little time-either to increase your level of influence with others or to undermine it. — John C. Maxwell