"For progressive people the present is the beginning of the future. For conservative people the present is the end of the past."

-- Karl Mannheim

#Past Quotes #People Quotes #Conservative Quotes

“Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day.”
“I plan less and less. It's a great benefit of writing lots, that you get good at holding long narratives in your head like a virtual space.”
“When a novelist or screenwriter is looking for a subject, the element he's seeking is conflict. Conflict makes drama. Conflict produces great characters and memorable scenes. So war is a natural topic.”
“I'm a long way from Ike Turner.”
“The idea of a detached art, of poetry as a charm which exists only to distract our leisure, is a decadent idea and an unmistakable symptom of our power to castrate.”
“I gave up all for Christ, and what have I found? Everything in Christ.”
“To some, challenges are exhausting. To others, they are opportunities in waiting.”

Source : Tony Dicicco, Colleen Hacker, Charles Salzberg (2003). “Catch Them Being Good: Everything You Need to Know to Successfully Coach Girls”, p.45, Penguin
“Share weight and woe, for misfortune falls with double force on him that stands alone.”

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