Ekanem Ekanem Quotes & Sayings

Three tendencies can be observed in the estimation of dreams. Many philosophers have given currency to one of these tendencies, one which at the same time preserves something of the dream's former over-valuation. The foundation of dream life is for them a peculiar state of psychical activity, which they even celebrate as elevation to some higher state. Schubert, for instance, claims: "The dream is the liberation of the spirit from the pressure of external nature, a detachment of the soul from the fetters of matter." Not all go so far as this, but many maintain that dreams have their origin in real spiritual excitations, and are the outward manifestations of spiritual powers whose free movements have been hampered during the day ("Dream Phantasies," Scherner, Volkelt). A large number of observers acknowledge that dream life is capable of extraordinary achievements - at any rate, in certain fields ("Memory"). — Sigmund Freud

I have been a woman for fifty years, and I've never yet been able to discover precisely what it is I am. — Jean Giraudoux

Students take ownership of their education when they learn from one another — Susan Cain

The child's face is close to her own now, but there is still no detail. It is a blur, a watercolor painting left out in the rain, the shades running, blending into one another. Only the eyes remain clear; black and hungry, jealous of life. — John Connolly

My sexuality is not a phase. I am who I am — Cara Delevingne

...there is a predator-like mental scan that black women have to do before speaking, and even after we've done risk assessment, things can still go astray. — Phoebe Robinson

What grabs our mental spotlight is illicit sex, violent death, and Walter Mittyish leaps of status. Now — Steven Pinker

You're going to die sooner. — Tom Coburn

Notable talents are not necessarily connected with discretion. — Junius

Man is a spiritual intelligence, who has taken flesh with the object of gaining experience in worlds below the spiritual, in order that he may be able to master and to rule them, and in later ages take his place in the creative and directing hierarchies of the universe. — Annie Besant

I'll hear people say every so often that having HIV must not be so bad - 'Just look at Magic and how well he's doing.' — Magic Johnson

Do I wear a helmet? Ugh. I do when I'm riding through a precarious part of town, meaning Midtown traffic. But when I'm riding on secure protected lanes or on the paths that run along the Hudson or through Central Park - no, I don't wear the dreaded helmet then. — David Byrne

At parties, everyone always thinks I'm drinking, but actually I rarely drink. I live on energy drinks, basically. I love vitamin water. — Paris Hilton

I support the work of the NRA, but disagree sometimes. — Mitt Romney