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The love of all-inclusiveness is as dangerous in philosophy as in art. ↗

— George Santayana

#dangerous #love #philosophy

It's still not easy to find roles that offer more complex images of women. ↗

— Susan Sarandon

#easy #find #images #more #offer

Just because I haven't yet had any project surgery, I'm not going to knock it, because I think women have the right to do whatever they want to their bodies that make them feel good about themselves. ↗

— Susan Sarandon

#any #because #bodies #feel #feel good

When I was born I became the visible corner of a folded map. The map has more than one route. More than one destination. The map that is the unfolding self is not exactly leading anywhere. The arrow that says YOU ARE HERE is your first coordinate. There is a lot that you can't change when you are a kid. But you can pack for the journey . . . ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#life-journey #map #pursuit-of-happiness #change

When a bully is held accountable for his actions, his future actions will change. Bad behavior only continues for those who allow it. ↗

— Gary Hopkins

#bad-behavior #bullying #energy-healing #enlightenment #god

In general, certain conclusions are possible from these data. They fail to prove that psychotherapy, Freudian or otherwise, facilitates the recovery of neurotic patients. ↗

— Hans Eysenck

#conclusions #data #facilitates #fail #freudian

A John Updike is a once-in-a-generation phenomenon, if that generation is lucky: so comfortable in so many genres, the same lively, generous intelligence suffusing all he did. ↗

— George Saunders

#did #generation #generous #genres #intelligence

The chances of a person breaking through their own habits and sloth and limited mind to actually write something that gets out there and matters to people are slim. ↗

— George Saunders

#breaking #chances #gets #habits #limited

We try, we fail, we posture, we aspire, we pontificate - and then we age, shrink, die, and vanish. ↗

— George Saunders

#aspire #die #fail #pontificate #posture

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#knowledge #must #observe #study #wisdom