#impulse

There are two contrary impulses which govern this man's brain-the one sane, and the other eccentric. They alternate at regular intervals. ↗

— Franz Schubert

#contrary #eccentric #govern #impulses #intervals

When you're young, you don't really know quite what you're aiming at. You're very impulsive and acting on impulse, which is very important and valuable. But you're kind of swimming in a blind sea. When you get older, you have more of a sense of direction. ↗

— Sinead O'Connor

#aiming #blind #direction #get #important

Ninety-six per cent of juvenile prostitutes are fugitives from abusive domestic situations; 66 per cent began working before they turned 16. (Prostitution is their only perceived means of survival.) Millions of children work as prostitutes around the world. A third are male. One study revealed that over 50 per cent of prostitutes are the children of alcoholics or substance abusers, and 90 per cent are deflowered through incest or rape. Ninety-one per cent of prostitutes do not speak of the abuse. (The truth of life is told through the language of behavior.) Abused children suffer Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, guilt, self-destructive impulses, suspicion, fear. Seventy-five per cent of prostitutes attempt suicide. (Imagine their scrapbook of memories.) ↗

— Antonella Gambotto-Burke

#children-of-alcoholics #fear #guilt #incest #juvenile-prostitutes

Men are driven by two two principal impulses, either by love or by fear. ↗

— Niccolò Machiavelli

#hate #impulses #love #men #love

Act on your impulse, swallow the bottle, cut a little deeper, put the gun to your chest. ↗

— Ellen Hopkins

#acting

When you become successful on the level that Fleetwood Mac did, it gives you financial freedom, which should allow you to follow your impulses. But oddly enough, they become much harder to follow. ↗

— Lindsey Buckingham

#become #did #enough #financial #fleetwood

Meryl Streep's brilliant, just brilliant. I've been fortunate to do two movies with Meryl. And for an actor to go moment to moment like she does, there's no one better. And she dances between moments. Each take is different because she's riding instincts, she's riding impulses. And she trusts that. ↗

— Jeff Daniels

#because #been #better #between #brilliant