"We need history, not to tell us what happened or to explain the past, but to make the past alive so that it can explain us and make a future possible."

-- Allan Bloom

#Past Quotes #Needs Quotes #Alive Quotes

“There's nothing tragic about being fifty. Not unless you're trying to be twenty-five.”

Source : "Fictional character: Joe Gillis". "Sunset Boulevard", www.imdb.com. 1950.
“With a woman of sophistication, class and modesty and refinement, I become a totally tongue-tied buffoon. I can't even look her straight in the face.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I don't know if I ever really considered making a connection with the audience.”
“It can have an enormous effect because big budget movies can have big budget perks, and small budget movies have no perks, but what is the driving force, of course, is the script, and your part in it.”
“Never before had a woman put such agonizing poetry on canvas as Frida did”

Source : Diego Rivera, Gladys March (1960). “My art, my life: an autobiography”
“If I could come back as anything - I'd be a bird, first, but definitely the command key is my second choice.”
“In addition to the problem of public confidence, hiring a relative also causes problems within the government organization. It can undermine the morale of government officials. It can cause confusion about what the lines of authority are; in other words, the relative may have a particular title, but many may perceive the relative's role as even more important than the title would suggest. It may be very difficult to say no to the president's son-in-law.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“My daddy used to tell me not to chew on something that was eatin you.”

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