"How beautiful life is and how sad! How fleeting, with no past and no future, only a limitless now."

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Source : James Clavell (2009). “Shogun”, p.210, Dell

James Clavell

#Beautiful Quotes #Past Quotes #Fleeting Quotes

“Make it, not make it? What's the difference? Music is a language, it's a dance of life, and it can be a part of your life without being something that earns.”
“I am fine, though it is hard to think of what kind of work to make at this point, other than decorative, escapist or abstract. I suppose I'll explore one or all of these things.”
“Purpose of counter-intelligence action is to disrupt and it is immaterial whether facts exist to substantiate the charge. If facts are present it aids in the success of the proposal but the Bureau feels â€¦ that disruption can be accomplished without facts to back it up.”
“Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.”
“Writers are such phonies: they sometimes have wise insights but they don't live by them at all. That's what writers are like...you think they know something, but usually they are just messes.”
“Far too many people hide behind their busy lifestyles”
“There is no systematic corruption in FIFA. That is nonsense. We are financially clean and clear.”

Source : "Sepp Blatter attacks English 'arrogance' after World Cup 2018 failure" by Owen Gibson, www.theguardian.com. December 8, 2010.
“None but praying leaders can have praying followers. A praying pulpit will beget praying pews. We do greatly need pastors and evangelists who will set the saints to this business of praying. We are not a generation of praying saints. Who will restore this breach? The greatest will he be of reformers who can set the Church to praying.”

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