"Too much has been forgotten in the name of memory."

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Source : Don DeLillo (1989). “Americana”, p.240, Penguin

Don DeLillo

#Memories Quotes #Names Quotes #Too Much Quotes

“How can you teach someone to be creative? You have to create yourself.”
“What, I sometimes wonder, would it be like if I lived in a country where winter is a matter of a few chilly days and a few weeks' rain; where the sun is never far away, and the flowers bloom all year long?”
“There's a couple of universal principles in life. One is, don't ever open a restaurant. One out of every two fails.”
“We called the new [fourth] quark the "charmed quark" because we were pleased, and fascinated by the symmetry it brought to the subnuclear world. "Charm" also means a "a magical device to avert evil," and in 1970 it was realized that the old three quark theory ran into very serious problems. ... As if by magic the existence of the charmed quark would [solve those problems].”
“It depends on the state itself to retain or abolish the principle of representation, because it depends on itself whether it will continue a member of the Union. To deny this right would be inconsistent with the principle on which all our political systems are founded, which is, that the people have in all cases, a right to determine how they will be governed. This right must be considered as an ingredient in the original composition of the general government, which, though not expressed, was mutually understood. . .”

Source : William Rawle (1829). “A view of the Constitution of the United States of America”, p.296
“It is your responsibility to make sure that positive emotions constitute the dominating influence of your mind.”
“Oh, darling, you will be good to me, wonâ€™t you? Because weâ€™re going to have a strange life.”
“If a man be under the influence of anger his conduct will not be correct.”

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