"Past humanity is not only implicit in each new man born but is contained in him. Humanity is an ever-widening spiral and life is the beam that plays briefly on each succeeding ring. All humanity from its beginning to its end is already present but the beam has not yet played beyond you."

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Source : Flann O'Brien (2007). “The Complete Novels”, Everyman's Library

Flann O'Brien

#Past Quotes #Men Quotes #Play Quotes

“They're called 'facts', and my role is to amplify those, not cheerlead. And I don't care at all what you think of my motives.”
“Women often have a great need to portray themselves as sympathetic and pleasing, but we're also dark people with dark thoughts.”
“Acting attracts shy people and show-offs.”

Source : "Unspoken worlds" by Gareth McLean, www.theguardian.com. October 25, 2007.
“Theoretically, we Mennonites do not even know what we look like, since a focus on our personal appearance is vainglorious. Our antipathy to vainglory explains the decision of many of us to wear those frumpy skirts and the little doilies on our heads, a decision we must have arrived at only by collectively determining not to notice what we had put on that morning.”
“A neighborhood is a residential area that is changing for the worse.”
“This is a shining example of never quit, never give up, & never say never. I proved everyone wrong.”
“You will have bad times, but they will always wake you up to the stuff you weren't paying attention to.”
“Whate'er the talents, or howe'er designed, We hang one jingling padlock on the mind.”

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