"They fix attention, heedless of your pain, With oaths like rivets forced into the brain; And e'en when sober truth prevails throughout, They swear it, till affirmance breeds a doubt."

-- William Cowper

#Pain Quotes #Brain Quotes #Doubt Quotes

“So little time and so little to do.”

Source : Oscar Levant (1968). “The unimportance of being Oscar”
“I would not describe myself as a left-wing filmmaker. I don't think this is the first thing that would pop into my mind when talking about my work.”
“My TV ain't HD, that's too real”
“Listen, if you don't talk big game, you never get anywhere. If you don't think big, you don't get big. Some people call it egotistical, some people call it high hopes, some people call it confidence. It's all in how you want to dissect it.”
“Meanwhile the fact that the connection with the activity of memory in ordinary life is for the moment lost is of less importance than the reverse, namely, that this connection with the complications and fluctuations of life is necessarily still a too close one.”

Source : Hermann Ebbinghaus (1913). “Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology”
“I don't have regrets, there are only lessons. You learn from them, and you become a better person.”
“I respect the Hall of Fame, and if they think that I'm worthy enough, I would be very honored. And if they don't, I gave it all that I had to this game.”

Source : "Orioles' Palmeiro Suspended for Steroids". www.foxnews.com. August 1, 2005.
“For instance, I may bring a certain feminist perspective to my songwriting, because that's how I see life. I'm interested in art, poetry, and music. As that kind of artist, I can do anything. I can say anything. It's about self-expression. It knows no package - there's no such thing. That's what being an artist is.”

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