"The past does not influence me; I influence it."

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Source : "Bloodroot" by Seth Colter Walls, pitchfork.com. April 20, 2017.

Willem de Kooning

#Past Quotes #History Quotes #Doe Quotes

“Politicians will pander to special-interest groups eager to gain at the public expense.”
“What fun it would be to be poor, as long as one was excessively poor! Anything in excess is most exhilarating”
“As I get older, I fear aging less because I realize it's the inevitable, but I definitely have a slight fear of aging.”

Source : "Interview with Actress Jacqui Holland on Beauty, Aging, and Embracing Pain". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the crown. It may be frail, its roof may shake, the winds may blow through it, the storm may enter, the rain may enter; but the king of England cannot enter.”

Source : William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham's speech on the Excise Bill in the House of Commons (March 1763), as quoted in Lord Brougham "Historical Sketches of Statesmen Who Flourished in the Time of George III, Volume I" (p. 42), 1839.
“For as long as human beings are forced to live in a system that at every turn impedes the fulfillment of their basic human needs - not only for love but for creative and spiritual expression - they will try to compensate for this in other ways, including the compulsive acquisition of ever more material goods.”
“It wasn't a conscious effort to have kids later. It was just the way life goes.”
“Before puberty the child's personality has not yet formed and it is easier to guide its life and make it acquire specific habits of order, discipline, and work...”

Source : Antonio Gramsci (2011). “Letters from Prison”, p.348, Columbia University Press
“Again, I find it difficult to be taken care of and rarely acknowledge it, and every act he does registers, but I also just need to verbally acknowledge him and hug him.”

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