"We learn in the past, but we are not the result of that. We suffered in the past, loved in the past, cried and laughed in the past, but that's of no use in the present. The present has its challenges, its good and bad side. We can neither blame nor be grateful to the past for what is happening now. Each new experience of love has nothing whatsoever to do with past experiences. It's always new."

-- Paulo Coelho

#Grateful Quotes #Past Quotes #Challenges Quotes

“Anarchists know that a long period of education must precede any great fundamental change in society , hence they do not believe in vote begging, nor political campaigns, but rather in the development of self-thinking individuals . We look away from government for relief, because we know that force (legalized) invades the personal liberty of man, seizes upon the natural elements and intervenes between man and natural laws; from this exercise of force through governments flows nearly all the misery , poverty , crime and confusion existing in society .”
“My dad's a pastor and a seminary professor; my mom, she has such great faith.”
“Despite official drivel about clean bombs and tactical nuclear weapons, anyone who can read a newspaper or listen to a radio knows that some of us mortals have the power to destroy the human race and man's home on earth. We need not even make war; only by preparing, by playing with our new weapons, we poison the air, the water, the soil of our plants, damage the health of the living, and weaken the chances of the newborn.”

Source : Martha Gellhorn (1959). “The Face of War”
“I like what Wallace Stevens said: "Poetry must almost successfully resist intelligence." I just change the word "poetry" to "my photographs".”
“As far as pacing the shoot is concerned, I know when I've got it. I don't think there's any reason to take ten takes unless you need them.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“No Southern people ever seem to possess the energy of their Northern brothers, and in Sicily a dolce far niente life is much enjoyed. Time is no object. According to Pliny, Aristhomacus watched the life of the bee carefully for fifty-eight years, which is just the sort of work a Sicilian of to-day would like.”

Source : Mrs. Alec-Tweedie (Ethel) (1904). “Sunny Sicily: Its Rustics and Its Ruins”
“I love working in Canada. The ovation is great. It makes me feel like I'm the top dog.”
“I think the birds in the area are dying laughing watching me try not to crash.”

Source : Cynthia Hand (2011). “Unearthly”, p.152, Egmont UK

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