"An important part of building a new culture was allowing people to complain about their past. At first, the more they complained, the worse the past would seem. But by venting, people could start to resolve the past. By bitching and bitching and bitching, they could exhaust the drama of their own horror stories. Grow bored. Only then could they accept a new story for their lives. Move forward."

-- Chuck Palahniuk

#Drama Quotes #Moving Quotes #Past Quotes

“I never did write a biography, and I don't exactly know how to set about it; you see I have to be accurate and keep to the facts, a most difficult thing for a writer of fiction.”

Source : Elizabeth Gaskell (2009). “The Life of Charlotte Brontë”, p.10, OUP Oxford
“Being open and observant of people and the world around you is really important. People have the same desires and needs online as they do offline. The way that people are stays constant. You can change the format, make it easier for them to communicate or use photos instead of words but human necessities never change.”

Source : "The Entrepreneur Behind Flickr Opens Up About Past Mistakes, Lessons Learned and Her Latest Venture". Interview with Nina Zipkin, www.entrepreneur.com. April 10, 2014.
“Those who are filled with the love of Christ do not seek to force others to do better, they inspire others to do better.”

Source : Howard W. Hunter (1994). “That We Might Have Joy”, Shadow Mountain
“Concentrate on your job and you will forget your other troubles.”
“When I was a college student at Yale, I was studying physics and mathematics and was absolutely intent on becoming a theoretical physicist.”
“Fear causes hesitation, and hesitation will cause your worst fears to come true.”

Source : "Fictional character: Bodhi". "Point Break", www.imdb.com. 1991.
“I’ve talked to guys who have played for the Phillies and gone on to other organizations and the grass isn’t always greener on the other side.”
“Music, feelings of happiness, mythology, faces worn by time, certain twilights and certain places, want to tell us something, or they told us something that we should not have missed, or they are about to tell us something; this imminence of a revelation that is not produced is, perhaps, 'the aesthetic event'.”

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