"I'd far rather leave a thought behind me than a child. Other people can have children."

-- E. M. Forster

#Children Quotes #People Quotes #Behinds Quotes

“The liar wants to be believed, but lying undermines the foundation for credibility.”

Source : Randal Marlin (2013). “Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion - Second Edition”, p.153, Broadview Press
“What I have achieved by industry and practice, anyone else with tolerable natural gift and ability can also achieve.”
“Everybody said, You hit it so big when you were on Ally McBeal. I didnt do anything for a year after Ally McBeal, and I had to write David Kelley to get myself back on Ally a second time because I thought the character should be on again.”
“Maybe Iâ€™ll never be able to do what I hope to, but at least I have hope.”
“A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it. An experiment is something everybody believes, except the person who made it.”
“Let us imagine a number of men in chains and all condemned to death, where some are killed each day in the sight of the others, and those who remain see their own fate in that of their fellows and wait their turn, looking at each other sorrowfully and without hope. It is an image of the condition of man.”
“When you step away from doing something that you have always been doing and then you return to it, you have a different perspective. You get that desire and the will to strike at everything.”
“Sacred religion! mother of form and fear.”

Source : Samuel Daniel, George Sewell (1718). “The Poetical Works of Mr. Samuel Daniel, Author of the English History: To which is Prefix'd, Memoirs of His Life and Writings..”, p.375

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