"We should scarcely desire things ardently if we were perfectly acquainted with what we desire."

-- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#Desire Quotes #Should Quotes #Miscellaneous Quotes

“love of learning is the most necessary passion ... in it lies our happiness. It's a sure remedy for what ails us, an unending source of pleasure.”
“Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate, or despise, serves to defeat us in the end.”
“For a time I gave the appearance of defending Stalin. I didn't defend what he had done; the fact is, nobody could defend the things that Khrushchev revealed.”

Source : "Tim Buck: A Conscience for Canada". Book by Oscar Ryan, 1975.
“The politics, policies, the President [Barack Obama] and the American people are all pointing in the right direction to fix our immigration system and pass legislation this year.”
“When you don't have much money, you worry that they'll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won't know where you are.”

Source : "Michael Jai White on martial arts, heavy makeup, and starting out with Troma". Interview with Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, film.avclub.com. May 13, 2015.
“With Shakespeare, there's no subtext; you're speaking exactly what you're thinking constantly.”
“The year was 1996, Guy Mariano and I had no clothing sponsors, and at that point in our lives we had purchased enough Polo, Hilfiger and Nautica gear to think, hey, maybe we should start a clothing company.”
“Somebody once said to me after I'd done "Deep Impact," "What is it like to play a Black president," and I said, "I didn't play a Black president. I played a president. I just happened to be Black. There's a difference.”

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