"In the stormy current of life characters are weights or floats which at one time make us glide along the bottom, and at another maintain us on the surface."

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Source : Hippolyte Taine, John Durand (1896). “The philosophy of art. The ideal in art”

Hippolyte Taine

#Inspirational Quotes #Character Quotes #Weight Quotes

“Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, kill your parents, that's where it's really at.”

Source : "No Regrets for a Love Of Explosives; In a Memoir of Sorts, a War Protester Talks of Life With the Weathermen". www.nytimes.com. September 11, 2001.
“If you're not satisfied with your life, it's time to invent a new one.”
“In the wake of this disaster, the people of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida should know that the United States Congress stands ready to help them in their time of need,.”
“Every thought you entertain is a force that goes out, and every thought comes back laden with its kind.”

Source : Ralph Waldo Trine (2013). “In Tune With the Infinite: Fullness of Peace, Power and Plenty (New Thought Edition)”, p.55, Lulu Press, Inc
“I really like Woody Allen, I really like John Cassavetes, and I really like movies that are super-naturalistic. I studied film studies in college, but I slept through all the movies, and I love film but I don't have a lot to reference. And so I don't know what my influences are and I don't know where this came from at all.”
“Ready to wrestle with my gorgeous boyfriend? Oh, IÂ´d say IÂ´m ready for that." Nora :D (p.375)”
“I don't know anything about anything. The only difference between then and now is this: I may know more than I used to but my wisdom pales in comparison to that which I have yet to learn”
“After too much art that made too much sense, artists are operating blind again. They're more interested in the possible than the probable, the private that speaks publicly rather than the public with no private side at all.”

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