"One of the problems in the United States is the refusal on the part of our young people to remember or to want to remember, or to recognize the experiences of the past as being relevant, germane, important to the present and to the future. They simply don't want anything that's painful. They want to live in a painless society where everything is pleasant, and everything is joyful."

-- John Hope Franklin

#Past Quotes #People Quotes #Important Quotes

“So take a chance and don't ever look back.”

Source : Song: Teenage Dream, Album: Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection
“I'm super excited about gaming always. That's the thing that I geek out over; those are the vlogs that I'm surfing if I'm not already playing a game at night.”
“I have no doubt who I am.”
“The dictionary is based on the hypothesis -- obviously an unproven one -- that languages are made up of equivalent synonyms.”
“If clearness about things produces a fundamental despair, a fundamental despair in turn produces a remarkable clearness or even playfulness about ordinary matters.”
“I define success as when I say "yes" when I am given an opportunity.”
“Do you want this to be a love story?”
“I was very adept at acquiring languages.”

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