"Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death."

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Gerald Brenan

#Death Quotes #War Quotes #Age Quotes

“One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain one bestows on it the name of infinity; this does not change its nature. When one feels such pleasure in non-existence, one's inclination can be completely satisfied only by completely ceasing to exist.”
“It seems to me that I am more to the Left than you, Mr Stalin”
“I've come to realize that Barack Obama is the tattoo president. Like a big tattoo, it seemed cool when you were young. But later on, that decision doesn't look so good, and you wonder: what was I thinking? But the worst part is you're still going to have to explain it to your kids.”

Source : "Pawlenty's 5 best Obama punchlines" by Kevin Cirilli, www.politico.com. August 29, 2012.
“We teach girls to shrink themselves, to make themselves smaller. We say to girls 'You can have ambition, but not too much'.”
“I don't know if vocally I am so great.”

Source : "I felt the song was mine" by Viv Groskop, www.theguardian.com. May 29, 2006.
“Shigure: "What's in the camera? Huh? Huh? What is it?" Hatori: "Quiet, you hack.”
“Children are our most valuable natural resource.”
“Like most-maybe all- writers, I learned to write by writing and, by example, by reading books.”

Source : Francine Prose (2012). “Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them”, p.6, Union Books

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