Reflectoare Dedeman Quotes & Sayings

To give so much of yourself to a cause, to believe in something so wholeheartedly, so blindly, that you willingly suffer the scars, and you do not complain when the little parts of you are chipped away. You keep telling yourself that it is for a greater good, that there is a higher purpose. And you do not think to read deeper until there is so little of you left that you cannot survive without it and be the same person. And it is then, when The Cause, with its greedy mouth, tries to take more from you, tries to take that part of you that you cannot give away, it is only then that you realize all of your sacrifices have been for nothing. You have given yourself to a fraud. And what is left to replace what has been taken is not a hero's pride but a bitter emptiness that sours even that last little core of yourself that you cling to. — D.J. Molles

Our working hypothesis is that the status of knowledge is altered as societies enter what is known as the postindustrial age and cultures enter what is known as the postmodern age. — Jean-Francois Lyotard

The British public sees with blinding clarity. — Michael Heseltine

When I was younger, I did what I now call 'extreme singing.' I could do this thing where I would sing really high. I can't really do that anymore, at my age. My voice has shifted. It's changed. — Billy Porter

We all have direct experience with things that do or don't make us happy, we all have friends, therapists, cabdrivers, and talk-show hosts who tell us about things that will or won't make us happy, and yet, despite all this practice and all this coaching, our search for happiness often culminates in a stinky mess. We expect the next car, the next house, or the next promotion to make us happy even though the last ones didn't and even though others keep telling us that the next ones won't. — Daniel Gilbert

You can search the entire universe and not find a single being more worthy of love than you. — Gautama Buddha

I was raised vegan. My mom would always make quinoa with squash and kale, hippie stuff like that. Now I eat meat, but I try to be conscious about where it's coming from. — Zoe Kravitz

Death is not the worst thing; rather, when one who craves death cannot attain even that wish. — Sophocles

I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed. — James Dean

I only play projects with weird interpretations of presidents. — Benjamin Walker

Law breaking, graffiti artist, dumb jock that I am, I'm pretty socially conscious. — Duff Goldman

I wish to be cremated. One tenth of my ashes shall be given to my agent, as written in our contract. — Groucho Marx

I think it is extremely interesting to think that, in some cases, vice might be, finally, more redemptive than virtue. — Katy Lederer