#persona

It's funny; recently I've started to notice people's impersonations of me, and it's basically like a hyperactive child. ↗

— Dave Grohl

#child #funny #i #impersonations #like

Secret ceremonies in which malevolent men and women cloaked in hooded robes, hiding behind painted faces and chanting demonic incantations while inflicting sadistic wounds on innocent children lying on makeshift alters, or tied to inverted crosses, sounds like the stuff of which B-grade horror movies are made. Some think amoral religious cults only populate the world of Rosemary's Baby, but don't exist in real life. Or, do they? Ask Jenny Hill. ↗

— Judy Byington

#crime #cult #dissociation #dissociative-identity-diroder #human-sacrifice

Mr. Speaker, Americans want, need, and rightfully expect Congress to protect them from the prying eyes of identity thieves and give them back control of their Social Security numbers and personal health information. ↗

— Luis Gutierrez

#congress #control #expect #eyes #give

We're also far enough from the publishing power that we have no access to the politics of publishing, although there are interpersonal politics, of course. ↗

— Katherine Dunn

#also #although #course #enough #far

The real cause of personal existence is not the favor of the Almighty, but the sexual love of one's earthly parents. ↗

— Ernst Haeckel

#cause #earthly #existence #favor #love

Your personal capacity to handle more valuable projects will go up when you appreciate yourself more. ↗

— Brian Koslow

#capacity #go #handle #more #personal

That's what makes the Ryder Cup in golf so much better than the Masters or the U.S. Open. To be a part of something that is not about personal achievement, but about representing everyone and sharing it with the whole country, it's wonderful. ↗

— Scott Hamilton

#achievement #better #country #cup #everyone

I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain. ↗

— Lily Tomlin

#complain #deep #developed #i #language

You're over there in the corner either thinking about the dead dog or whatever, you're bringing up your personal life and you need the space, and then somebody throws you a joke. Especially if it's an emotional scene, you don't want the joke. ↗

— Marcia Gay Harden

#bringing #corner #dead #dog #either

Joe knew that for some, really for most, the derivations of belladonna that blurred their vision and caused their hearts to race would, as well, hasten their forgetting of detail. They would not recall, not readily, any sense of pain or shame or doubt or threat of danger. [] There were always children to be used. Members were obliged to offer their children, although not necessarily every child in a family was used. Some were found to be not suited for the rigor. Some were left alone so that if the involved children in a family were to attempt to tell, siblings could not corroborate their experience. ↗

— Judith Spencer

#dissociation #dissociative-identity-disorder #evil #evil-men #mpd