"Every night I cut out my heart. But in the morning it was full again"

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Source : "The English Patient". www.imdb.com. 1996.

Michael Ondaatje

#Morning Quotes #Heart Quotes #Cutting Quotes

“Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're great artists.”
“We are not apart from nature, we are a part of nature. And to betray nature is to betray us, to save nature, is to save us.”

Source : "This Video Will Turn Even The Biggest Cynic Into A Tree-Hugger" by Kimberly Yam, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 22, 2015.
“It is the responsibility of all the Sudanese, especially the political leaders and the media, to strengthen social cohesion through the proper understanding of the dynamics of unity, if they really want our country to remain united.”
“In most companies, the corporate mentality is if you're over 30, you're on the downhill side, and if you're over 40, you're brain dead. Or, if you're over 30 or 40 and you've been doing it for a while, you've got experience and you want to be paid for that experience.”
“See yourself as you really are. Listen to what none of your leaders and representatives dares tell you: You are a "little, common man." Understand the double meaning of these words: "little" and "common." Don't run. Have the courage to look at yourself!”
“Not one piece of evidence has ever been found to support the Book of Mormon-not a trace of the large cities it names, no ruins, no coins, no letters or documents or monuments, nothing in writing. Not even one of the rivers or mountains or any of the topography it mentions has ever been identified.”
“If a person feels terrible, it usually should not be shown or acknowledged during a greeting exchange. Instead, the unhappy person is expected to conceal negative feelings, putting on a polite smile to accompany the â€œJust fine, thank you, and how are you?â€ reply to the â€œHow are you today?â€ The true feelings will probably go undetected, not because the smile is such a good mask but because in polite exchanges people rarely care how the other person actually feels.”
“The only religion which seems to have a function in time of war is the tribal religion which invokes a God as the exclusive protector of the nation which calls upon him.”

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