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“The internet and social media have become the main stage of our culture. As the television was once our culture’s chief mode of communicating ideas and news, turning everything it touched—from war to politics to art into entertainment—today, social media has control of our culture exactly as televis…”

— Samir Nazim, It’s Time To Put Social Media On A Diet

“The science of the mind can only have for its proper goal the understanding of human nature by every human being, and through its use, brings peace to every human soul.”

— Alfred Adler, Alfred Adler

“A person who has not been completely alienated, who has remained sensitive and able to feel, who has not lost the sense of dignity, who is not yet "for sale", who can still suffer over the suffering of others, who has not acquired fully the having mode of existence - briefly, a person who has remain…”

— Erich Fromm, Escape From Freedom

“Perhaps the greatest faculty our minds possess is the ability to cope with pain. Classic thinking teaches us of the four doors of the mind, which everyone moves through according to their need. First is the door of sleep. Sleep offers us a retreat from the world and all its pain. Sleep marks passing…”

— Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“Life, as we find it, is too hard for us; it brings us too many pains, disappointments and impossible tasks. In order to bear it we cannot dispense with palliative measures... There are perhaps three such measures: powerful deflections, which cause us to make light of our misery; substitutive satisfa…”

— Sigmund Freud, Civilisation And Its Discontents

“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”

— Carl Gustav Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections

“The notion that he’s a self-made man is a joke. But I guess they couldn’t call the book The Art of My Father’s Deals.”

— Tony Schwartz, Donald Trump’s Ghostwriter Tells All

“For my father, impossible is just the starting point. That’s how he approaches business projects, that’s how he approaches life, whether it’s teaching his granddaughter how to swing a golf club, or tackling the toughest negotiations, he’s always fully committed. That’s why the person who had never r…”

— Donald Trump Jr., Watch Donald Trump Jr. Speak at the Republican Convention

“I genuinely believe that if Trump wins and gets the nuclear codes there is an excellent possibility it will lead to the end of civilization.”

— Tony Schwartz, Donald Trump’s Ghostwriter Tells All

“My dad is a natural-born encourager, the last person who will ever tell you to lower your sights up give up your dreams. I always looked forward to introducing him to my friends, especially the ones with preconceived notions, because they meet a man with natural charm and no facade. In person, my fa…”

— Tiffany Trump, Watch Tiffany Trump Speak at the Republican Convention

“I am not blind, nor deaf. I know you all believe me weak, frightened, feeble. Your father knew me better. Oberyn was ever the viper. Deadly, dangerous, unpredictable. No man dared tread on him. I was the grass. Pleasant, complaisant, sweet-smelling, swaying with every breeze. Who fears to walk upon…”

— George R. R. Martin, Doran Martell, A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire)

“Sometimes while I ride the subway I try to look at each person and imagine what they look like to someone who is totally in love with them. I think everyone has had someone look at them that way, whether it was a lover, or a parent, or a friend, whether they know it or not. It’s a wonderful thing, t…”

— Dean Spade, For Lovers And Fighters

“I was never afraid of failure; for I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.”

— John Keats, The Complete Poems

“Make love like you have no secrets like you’ve never been left never been hurt like the world don’t owe you a single wretched thing.”

— Warsan Shire, Make Love

“School was a very cruel environment, and I was a loner. But I learnt to get hurt, and I learnt to cope with it.”

— Kate Bush, Kate Bush

“In a Periscope livestream, Portnoy told viewers that he sold 51% of his stake and the deal was less than $20 million — about a $10 million to $15 million valuation, specifically. Portnoy says his site is "very profitable" but that the valuation was based on revenue, not profit which "f----- [them] u…”

— Biz Carson, David Portnoy, Barstool Sports just got bought at a $10 million to $15 million valuation, and its founder is 'kinda rich now'

“...because once you've got one scar on your face or your heart, its only a matter of time before someone gives you another - and another - until a day doesn't go by when you aren't being bashed senseless, nor a town that you haven't been run out of, and you get to be such a goddamn mess that finally…”

— Nick Cave, And The Ass Saw The Angel

“Nothing is worth more than laughter. It is strength to laugh and to abandon oneself, to be light. Tragedy is the most ridiculous thing.”

— Frida Kahlo, The Diary Of Frida Kahlo

“Use your faults, use your defects; then you're going to be a star.”

— Edith Piaf, Edith Piaf

“My kids are starting to notice I'm a little different from the other dads. "Why don't you have a straight job like everyone else?" they asked me the other day. I told them this story: In the forest, there was a crooked tree and a straight tree. Every day, the straight tree would say to the crooked t…”

— Tom Waits, Innocent When You Dream