"The past is good (as we all know), twenty, thirty years back everything was good, anyone can tell you that."

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Source : Nina Nikolaevna Berberova, Marian Schwartz (2001). “The Tattered Cloak and Other Stories”, p.298, New Directions Publishing

Nina Berberova

#Past Quotes #Years Quotes #Twenties Quotes

“I was an only child for 16 years. I didn't realize it at the time, but that experience definitely turned me into a people pleaser. I always tried to do what was expected of me, and I constantly sought reassurance from the adults around me that I was doing a good job.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I had a stick of CareFree gum, but it didn't work. I felt pretty good while I was blowing that bubble, but as soon as the gum lost its flavor, I was back to pondering my mortality.”
“I like to sit down every day and not know where the book is going. I have no idea where the book is going to go or how it's going to end as I'm writing it.”

Source : "Adventures on the High Seas". Interview with Demarian Williams, www.scholastic.com.
“My father, he was like the rock, the guy you went to with every problem.”
“Perfect happiness is knowing that everyone I love is healthy, safe, and content.”

Source : Simon and schuster Interview, www.goodreads.com. October, 2009.
“I don't pick my roles by genre; that's kind of silly.”
“The wilderness is gone, the buckskin man is gone, the painted Indian has hit the trail over the Great Divide, the hardships and privations of pioneer life which did so much to develop sterling manhood are now but a legend in history, and we must depend upon the Boy Scout movement to produce the MEN of the future.”
“I had a map on my wall that had a circle around Lubbock and then giant arrows pointing toward New York City and Los Angeles. Written across both arrows were the words 'Toward Civilization.' Of course, by the time I got to New York, I realized there really isn't any civilization.”

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