"I've had every advantage in the world, despite the 18 years of silence which were nobody's fault but mine."

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Source : "'I want to make the world better'". Interview with Vadim Prokhorov, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2005.

Gordon Getty

#Years Quotes #Silence Quotes #World Quotes

“I was in a hardcore band that had no melody, no chance of finding any success, and I was just trying to figure out what the hell I was going to do with my life. And that came out and changed my life forever - on an artistic level, and a lyrical level, for sure.”
“Situations emerge in the process of creative destruction in which many firms may have to perish that nevertheless would be able to live on vigorously and usefully if they could weather a particular storm.”

Source : Joseph A. Schumpeter (2013). “Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy”, p.90, Routledge
“I wished sheâ€™d never stop squeezing me. I wished I could spend the rest of my life as a child, being slightly crushed by someone who loved me.”
“Being eaten by a crocodile is just like going to sleep...in a giant blender.”
“God doesn't save us to perpetuate a particular Christian sub-culture. He saves us to advance a supernatural kingdom that is not of this world.”
“When we see beyond self, we no longer cling to happiness. And when we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy.”
“Death hath a fairer fame than a life of toil.”
“I want to share some insight into why someone would want to be a SEAL. A lot of us faced obstacles growing up. I didn't have any type of real nurturing as a kid. I hope people will relate to my story and go, 'Hey, if this guy can do it, so can I.”

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