"What can the England of 1940 have in common with the England of 1840? But then, what have you in common with the child of five whose photograph your mother keeps on the mantelpiece? Nothing, except that you happen to be the same person."

-- George Orwell

#Mother Quotes #Children Quotes #England Quotes

“A normal life. Such a simple idea, but it's almost impossible for me to picture.”
“Friends have suggested that I am the least qualified person to talk about happiness, because I am often down, and sometimes profoundly depressed. But I think that's where my qualification comes from. Because to know happiness, it helps to know unhappiness.”

Source : "George Clooney Says He “Destroyed” The Role Of Batman, Weighs In On Ben Affleck’s Casting" by Kevin Jagernauth, www.indiewire.com. September 27, 2013.
“Moonshiners put more time, energy, thought, and love into their cars than any racer ever will. Lose on the track, and you go home. Lose with a load of whiskey, and you go to jail.”
“There's no credit in not doing what you don't want to do. There's no virtue in not falling, when you're not tempted.”

Source : Gilbert Parker (1907). “The Weavers: A Tale of England and Egypt of Fifty Years Ago”, p.240, Library of Alexandria
“Many problems that challenge us today can be traced back to a profound tension between what is good and desirable for society as a whole and what is good and desirable for an individual. That conflict can be found in global problems such as climate change, pollution, resource depletion, poverty, hunger, and overpopulation.”

Source : Martin Nowak, Roger Highfield (2012). “SuperCooperators: Altruism, Evolution, and Why We Need Each Other to Succeed”, p.20, Simon and Schuster
“Sometimes it's hard to hear criticism, or "maybe let's try a different way." People's feelings get hurt.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“I like chords that are very lush with all the lush parts taken out.”
“As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape.”

Source : John Lancaster Spalding (1901). “Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion”

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