"The meeting of two eternities, the past and future....is precisely the present moment."

-- Henry David Thoreau

#Past Quotes #Two Quotes #Live In The Moment Quotes

“If you really want to know, I’d rather not have been born at all. I find life very tiring. The thing’s done now, of course, and I can’t alter it. But there will always be this regret at the back of my mind, I shall never quite be able to get rid of it, and it will spoil everything. The thing to do now is to grow old quickly, to eat up the years as fast as possible, looking neither right nor left.”
“Don't go looking for Mr. Right. Look for Mr. Right Now.”
“I think I've been really lucky to keep my career so varied, and to be open. There's safety in repetition, but there's also a trap there.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I'm for the individual as opposed to the corporation. The way it is the individual is the underdog, and with all the things a corporation has going for them the individual comes out banged on her head. The artist is nothing. It's really tragic.”
“To run and work the law commands, but gives us neither feet nor hands. But better news the gospel brings, it bids us fly and gives us wings.”
“Be a good ancestor. Stand for something bigger than yourself. Add value to the Earth during your sojourn.”

Source : Marian Wright Edelman (2013). “Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors”, p.7, Beacon Press
“When my shoes are killing me, I take a maxi pad and put it in the bottom of my shoe. It is better than any Dr. Scholl's insert. That fashion tip has saved me through some long nights.”
“Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.”

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