"The everlasting lure of round-the-corner, how fascinating it is."

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Christopher Morley

#Everlasting Quotes

“The South is like my favorite pair of blue jeans. It's shrunk some, faded a bit, got a few holes in it. it just might split at the seams. It doesn't look much like it used to, but it's more comfortable, and there's probably a lot of wear left in it.”

Source : John Shelton Reed (1993). “My Tears Spoiled My Aim, and Other Reflections on Southern Culture”, p.7, University of Missouri Press
“I don't believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute. The idea that the church can have no influence or no involvement in the operation of the state is absolutely antithetical to the objectives and vision of our country.”

Source : Interview with George Stephanopoulos, abcnews.go.com. February 26, 2012.
“If this is a Great Society, I'd hate to see a bad one.”

Source : The Worker, 13 July 1975
“I dance with people I despise; amuse myself with men whose only talent lies in their feet, gain the disapprobation of people I honor and respect; return home at day break with my brain in a state which was never intended for it; and arise in the middle of the next day feeling infinitely more, in spirit and flesh like a Liliputian, than a woman with body and soul. Entry (when she was eighteen) in her Commonplace Book, 1868-1869.”
“Self esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.”

Source : Nathaniel Branden (2011). “How to Raise Your Self-Esteem: The Proven Action-Oriented Approach to Greater Self-Respect and Self-Confidence”, p.28, Bantam
“Italian cameramen grow up immersed in an awareness of light. It is part of their mythology.”
“This is what's great about sports. This is what the greatest thing about sports is. You play to win the game. Hello? You play to win the game. You don't play it to just play it. That's the great thing about sports: you play to win, and I don't care if you don't have any wins. You go play to win. When you start tellin' me it doesn't matter, then retire. Get out! 'Cause it matters.”
“I love directing my music videos and writing video treatments, and I think it's all just because I love the visual aspect of it as well.”

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