"Our characteristic response to the mutilated statue, the bronze dug up from the earth, is revealing. It is not that we prefer time-worn bas-reliefs, or rusted statuettes as such, nor is it the vestiges of death that grip us in them, but those of life. Mutilation is the scar left by the struggle with Time, and a reminder of it - Time which is as much a part of ancient works of art as the material they are made of, and thrusts up through the fissures, from a dark underworld, where all is at once chaos and determinism."

Andre Malraux

#Art Quotes #Struggle Quotes #Dark Quotes

“Guys usually like my sense of humor, and I am pretty down to earth. And I'm a driven person.”

Source : Interview with Teena Apeles, www.askmen.com.
“When we held the first Earth Day, everyone said it was a success because of the huge turnout. It was probably the largest planned event across the country.”
“Zaveck is a tough guy. He has never been knocked down and I love putting people to sleep. Knowing that he has never been knocked down is a true test for me”
“The Irish, as a race, have the oral tradition in their blood. A direct question to them is an anathema, but in other cases, a mere syllable of a hero's name will elicit whole chapters of stories.”

Source : "No Word for Time: The Way of the Algonquin People". Book by Evan T. Pritchard, 2001.
“General Petraeus is not a miracle worker. He can not be successful unless the president creates greater confidence within his own team about the decisions which the president has himself made.”
“The ultimate goal of all goals is to be happy. If you want to be happy make someone else happy.”
“To overcome the anxieties and depressions of contemporary life, individuals must become independent of the social environment to the degree that they no longer respond exclusively in terms of its rewards and punishments. To achieve such autonomy, a person has to learn to provide rewards to herself. She has to develop the ability to find enjoyment and purpose regardless of external circumstances.”

Source : Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2001). “Flow: the psychology of optimal experience”
“I swear...I'll deliver the message for the love of my country.”

Source : Kristen Britain (2008). “Green Rider: Book One of Green Rider”, p.19, Penguin

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