#do

My interest in desperation lies only in that sometimes I find myself having become desperate. Very seldom do I start out that way. I can see of course that, in the abstract, thinking and all activity is rather desperate. ↗

— Willem de Kooning

#activity #become #course #desperate #desperation

First she would try to kill him, but failing this give him food and her body, breast-feed him back to a state of childishness and even, perhaps, feel affection for him. Then, the moment he was asleep, cut his throat. The synopsis of the ideal marriage. ↗

— J.G. Ballard

#husband #j-g-ballard #james-graham-ballard #jg-ballard #marriage

And then I got what she was saying. In the paranormal world, everyone was your enemy. ↗

— Jayde Scott

#jayde-scott #paranormal #vampire #voodoo-kiss #inspirational

Art has this ability to allow you to connect back through history in the same way that biology does. I'm always looking for source material. ↗

— Jeff Koons

#allow #always #art #back #biology

I believe in advertisement and media completely. My art and my personal life are based in it. I think that the art world would probably be a tremendous reservoir for everybody involved in advertising. ↗

— Jeff Koons

#advertising #art #art world #based #believe

I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#ferrari #gifts #give #i #i do

I believe that I was a dog in a past life. That's the only thing that would explain why I like to snack on Purina Dog Chow. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#dog #explain #i #i believe #i believe that

When I'm not longer rapping, I want to open up an ice cream parlor and call myself Scoop Dogg. Snoop Dogg. ↗

— Snoop Dogg

#food #icecream #snoopdogg #food

Violent ideologies speak their own language; core concepts are translated to maintain the system while appearing to support the people. Under carnism, for instance, democracy has become defined as having the freedom to choose among products that sicken our bodies and pollute our planet, rather than the freedom to eat our food and breathe our air without the risk of being poisoned. But violent ideologies are inherently undemocratic, as they rely on deception, secrecy, concentrated power, and coercion--all practices that are incompatible with a free society. While the larger system, or nation, may appear democratic, the violent system within it is not. This is one reason we don't recognize violent ideologies that exist within seemingly democratic systems; we simply aren't thinking to look for them. ↗

— Melanie Joy

#democracy #freedom-of-choice #violent-ideologies #food

Civilization rests on the fact that most people do the right thing most of the time. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#do the right thing #fact #most #people #rests