"As Einstein himself pointed out. He said weâ€™re like people in a boat without oars drifting along a winding river. Around us we see only the present. We canâ€™t see the past, back in the bends and curves behind us. But itâ€™s there."

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Source : Jack Finney (2014). “Time and Again”, p.52, Simon and Schuster

Jack Finney

#Past Quotes #Curves Quotes #Rivers Quotes

“People are proud of their players.”
“Your love is better than chocolate. Better than anything else that I've tried.”

Source : Song: Better Than Ice Cream
“That bad letters of every kind arise from want of the habit of thinking, I cannot doubt.”

Source : Mary Russell Mitford (1870). “The Life of Mary Russell Mitford: Related in a Selection from Her Letters to Her Friends”, p.174, London, R. Bentley
“In business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents.”
“It's about people who take their frustration out on everyone around them. I never raise my voice. Cutting myself or hurting myself is the way I deal with anger.”
“I made a mistake and I'll work in the season to be better. It's part of life to be a man and don't try to hide something if it's broken.”
“To win power anywhere you have to convince people that you can do something for them.”

Source : "How to be radical?". The OpenDemocracy Interview, www.opendemocracy.net. April 5, 2011.
“All the vices, Sancho, bring some kind of pleasure with them; but envy brings nothing but irritation, bitterness, and rage.”

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