"If I had not smoked I should have been dead ten years ago."

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Francois Guizot

#Should Have Quotes #Years Quotes #Has Beens Quotes

“Violence - look, we live in a violent world, man. This country was founded on violence. Who's kidding who?”
“Every man has been brought up with the idea that decent women don't pop in and out of bed; he has always been told by his mother that "nice girls don't." He finds, of course, when he gets older that this may be untrue-but only in a certain section of society.”
“I have a blessed life in so many ways.”
“The umpire signals a bye with the air of a weary stalk”
“I had a chair at every hearth, When no one turned to see, With 'Look at that old fellow there, 'And who may he be?”
“People come up to me... concerned... that I'll reproduce.”
“We are simply committing ourselves to paying attention to our life. We use meditation to help us in that attention process. We are not trying to become good meditators. We are trying to wake up.”

Source : William Martin (2009). “A Path and a Practice: Using Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching as a Guide to an Awakened Spiritual Life”, p.21, Da Capo Press
“I walk up a dune to a beach and look out to sea, but it's 100km away. The ships lie askew in their dry beds, at anchor for ever. Today is my son's birthday. Thousands of miles from here, his healthy lungs are blowing out candles. I should be there but I'm here with another boy, who puts his face close to mine and laughs. I smile back but realise he can't see it, because I'm wearing an antiseptic muzzles to protect me from his breath.”

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