"We of Macedon for generations past have been trained in the hard school of danger and war"

-- Alexander the Great

#War Quotes #School Quotes #Past Quotes

“It pisses me off to think we're conditioned to push away bad feelings and think anything that's uncomfortable is to be avoided. When things are really bad nowadays, I recognize the value in it because it's me filling my quota- it's going to make my joy more intense later.”

Source : Interview with Carrie Battan, pitchfork.com. June 4, 2012.
“I am quite serious when I say that I do not believe there are, on the whole earth besides, so many intensified bores as in these United States. No man can form an adequate idea of the real meaning of the word, without coming here.”
“Cooking is one of the oldest arts and one which has rendered us the most important service in civic life.”
“Old characters never die, but I do need to take a break from them in order to create new ones.”
“I will always have a stutter.”
“The healing of our relationship with place begins with the preservation of the natural environment. We cannot go to the wild for renewal if no wilderness is left.”
“I've watched films and even forgotten I'm in them.”

Source : "Bob Hoskins interview: 'I'm as calm as a Buddhist monk'". Interview with Lynn Barber, www.theguardian.com. December 15, 2001.
“Today a thousand doors of enterprise are open to you, inviting you to useful work.”

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