quotes about Power Of The Mind

“Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time.”

“Statement: A girl and a boy jump into a river. The boy swims over to the girl and says, "God, it's cold." Question: What's the probability they will kiss?”

“There is a wind of nationalism and freedom blowing round the world, and blowing as strongly in Asia as elsewhere.”

“I'll have a different answer tomorrow that I do today.”

Source : Interview with Carlo Cavagna, www.aboutfilm.com. June, 2003.

“All of women's aspirations--whether for education, work, or any form of self-determination--ultimately rest on their ability to decide whether and when to bear children. For this reason, reproductive freedom has always been the most popular item in each of the successive feminist agendas--and the most heavily assaulted target of each backlash.”

Source : Susan Faludi (1991). “Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women”

“You run and you run to catch up to the sun but it's sinking, racing around to come up behind you again.”

“Because One died for me that I might breathe this breath...It's all a gift.”

“Accomplishing the impossible is all about seeing the invisible.”

“There were two different expectations in this land of the future. On the one hand the the optimistic belief in an unending progress with millenarianistic overtones and on the other hand the doomsday expectation of the final battle of Armageddon. Both are perspectives are uniquely American and both are inter-related.”

“we usually think of ourselves as sitting the driver's seat, with ultimate control over the decisions we made and the direction our life takes; but, alas, this perception has more to do with our desires-with how we want to view ourselves-than with reality”