"The premonition of death may for many be a stimulus to novelty of experience: the imminence of death serves to sweep away the inessential preoccupations for those who do not flee from the thought of death into triviality."

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Source : David Riesman (1955). “Selected essays from Individualism reconsidered”

David Riesman

#May Quotes #Novelty Quotes #Preoccupation Quotes

“Myth is necessary because reality is so much larger than rationality...man is fundamentally mythic...His real health depends upon his knowing and living his metaphysical totality.”
“I didn't have any great job prospects.”
“What matters to you defines your mattering.”
“I guess the glass ceiling is in the West. For us, it's the glass wall.”
“From the death of the old the new proceeds, and the life of truth from the death of creeds.”
“The past has flown away. The coming month and year do not exist. Ours only is the present's tiny point.”

Source : Mahmud Shabistari (2002). “The Secret Rose Garden”, p.57, Red Wheel/Weiser
“I'd say that it's often true that people are attracted to each other immediately and everything lines up, but it's just as true for those relationships to end up a disaster. But people don't think of that as false love-at-first-sight. They highlight the examples that worked rather than the ones that failed.”

Source : Source: www.marieclaire.com
“It's not bad to stand in front of 20,000 people and sing. It's nerve-racking, a huge adrenaline rush, but it's also very exciting, and not many people get to experience that. It's pretty special.”

Source : Source: bleacherreport.com

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