"Th' unwilling gratitude of base mankind!"

-- Alexander Pope

#Gratitude Quotes #Mankind Quotes

“Life is nothing but a memory. People who dwell on the bad ones aren't going to have a whole lot of good ones coming up.”
“I really struggled moving from New Zealand to the United States. I still have very strong ties to my home, and it took me a couple of years to feel settled in Los Angeles. Fortunately, I have a great group of friends and found the places where I enjoy spending my time. Finding beaches to get to made me feel much more plugged into the environment here.”
“Don't' call it a failure, call it an education. Some of us are very educated.”
“I want to keep talking about my people and my country in my own language.”
“Anger causes anguish to the souls of all of those who experience the feeling as well as to those who are the recipients of this emotional explosion.”
“The hardest thing is the idea. Ideas come from somewhere but as far as we know they come from nowhere.”
“He looked down at his empty glass. "One of the other ways in which I am different from my father," he said. "I am not interested in marrying where I do not love." I spoke in a jesting voice. "And of all the women in the eight provinces, you have not been able to find one you could love?" Now he looked at me again, and his face was completely serious. "That's the problem," he said. "There is one.”
“My shoulders sagged. Really, is it too much to ask that I be able to come home from a long day of work and relax? Oh, no. I have to come home and read a bunch of letters written to the love of my life by his fiancÃ©e, who, if I am correct, had him killed a hundred and fifty years ago. Then, as if that is not bad enough, he wants me to explain the Vietnam War.”

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