"This packrat has learned that what the next generation will value most is not what we owned, but the evidence of who we were and the tales of how we loved. In the end, it's the family stories that are worth the storage."

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Source : "Spring cleaning our lives" by Ellen Goodman, www.sfgate.com. April 13, 2002.

Ellen Goodman

#Generations Quotes #Stories Quotes #Next Quotes

“People always say to me, 'You have such a clearly defined sense of style,' and when I hear it, I get crazed, because what I hear - and I know they mean it as a compliment - is that I have such a narrow vision that I can't get out of it.”
“If we get the donations, I think we're going to raise a significant amount of money; some will be used for some administered costs, but the public portion of that will go directly into grants.”

Source : "Montel Williams still the talk of the town". Interview with AskMen, www.askmen.com.
“I'm not stupid enough to want to be famous. But I would like to be able to earn a living playing music.”
“You can't have somebody guide you through everything - some things you have to learn on your own.”
“I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatreds it arouses...”
“Blest be the gracious Power, who taught mankind To stamp a lasting image of the mind! Beasts may convey, and tuneful birds may sing, Their mutual feelings, in the opening spring; But Man alone has skill and power to send The heart's warm dictates to the distant friend; 'Tis his alone to please, instruct, advise Ages remote, and nations yet to rise.”
“Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves.”
“If you think you can do it, your body will find a way to make it happen.”

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