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Thomas Traherne

"It is of the nobility of man's soul that he is insatiable: for he hath a benefactor so prone to give, that he delighteth in us for asking. Do not your inclinations tell you that the WORLD is yours? Do you not covet all? Do you not long to have it; to enjoy it; to overcome it? To what end do men gather riches, but to multiply more? Do they not like Pyrrhus the King of Epire, add house to house and lands to lands, that they may get it all?"

Source : Thomas Traherne (2010). “Centuries of Meditations”, p.15, Cosimo, Inc.

Thomas Traherne

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“A cry-wanking scene is the struggle to live, in a single moment.”
“What fortune teller would ever have had the nerve to predict that the best years of my life would turn out to be my old age?”
“You take a fraction of reality and expand on it. It's very seldom totally at odds with the facts. It's shaving a piece of reality off.”
“I want to show everyone that if you pursue your dreams, they can come true no matter what. That's what I want to do.”
“I'm just going to try and be a good dad and not spoil the kid: give him love and encouragement but also discipline. Me and my woman, we don't want him to feel too entitled.”
“We know that there were so many Japanese American soldiers in World War II who were fighting in Europe despite the fact that their families, their parents were back home in American prison camps. It's savagely ironic that between themselves and the African-American soldiers, who were also segregated and didn't see the fruition of the work the culminated in the Civil Rights Act until the '60s, that these American heroes and their stories are not well known; and the fact that the 442nd/100th became the most decorated unit in U.S. history.”
“What really grabs me is when a reader writes to express her personal story and how a book helped her situation, or her acceptance of a situation she can't change. I read some sad cases in my snail and electronic mail. I respond to all I can, affirming that they are the true heroes of life because they are fighting through adversity and surviving.”
“I love making stuff. There's a joy in having the first molecule of an idea, then testing it in front of audiences at secret shows that people only know about the day before. I videotape those, study them, enjoy being in the character and figuring out the movie.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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