"Graveyards remind us of the vanity of all human endeavour."

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Source : Ivan Klíma, Paul Wilson (2006). “Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light”, p.24, Grove Press

Ivan KlÃma

#Death Quotes #Vanity Quotes #Endeavour Quotes

“If you've ever had to recall your past in some way and you open a drawer of old photographs that your parents kept, there are always pictures of you smiling and charming, and then a bunch of people you don't know who they are. Could be aunts, uncles, could be the postman for all you know. Who are these people? Your parents are never in the picture, because they are the ones taking them. So you've got these unrelated images that are disconnected from your memories.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“The transformation of capitalism is unstoppable because we need limits on resources for humans to survive.”
“In war the first casualty is the truth.”
“People wince when something is in bad taste. They laugh when it's funny. If it's too dirty or wrong, they won't laugh. But if it's a big, dirty, smart, funny laugh, they love it.”
“Human life is created in God's image, and that makes it sacred.”

Source : Colin S. Smith (2016). “The 10 Greatest Struggles of Your Life: Finding Freedom in God's Commands”, p.67, Moody Publishers
“I have served in the Congress during two wars and I have seen the impacts on our military, on their families and on our national deficit.”

Source : "Libya Policy Is a Slippery Slope" by Sen. Tom Udall, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 10, 2011.
“You can make peace with an enemy, if the enemy abandons the idea of destroying you. That is the critical test. Democracies fail to understand that.”

Source : Source: piersmorgan.blogs.cnn.com
“Never be put off by anything because failure teaches you something.”

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