"I just looked at the pattern of my life, decided I didn't like it, and changed."

-- David Sedaris

#Insightful Quotes #Patterns Quotes #Changed Quotes

“A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“If Irish or Italian culture dies in America it really isn't that big a deal. They will still exist in Italy and Ireland. Not so with us. There is no other place. North America is our old country.”

Source : Janet Campbell Hale (1998). “Bloodlines: Odyssey of a Native Daughter”, p.20, University of Arizona Press
“I can't use logic concerning my feelings, my feelings demand musical notes, violins, guitar solos, the stomping of feet, poetic language, metaphors, poetic lines about birds or deserts or tree-crowded forests.”
“This is love, she thought, isn't it? When you notice someone's absence and hate that absence more than anything? More, even, than you love his presence?”
“Many things in life inspire philanthropy, such as your faith in humanity and your belief in the human spirit to overcome.”
“I'm more interested in character. Character comes out of the work. Style is applied or imposed on it.”
“Personal desire, age, and my health do not allow me to personally have a role in running the country [i.e. Iran] after the fall of the current system [of the Shah].”
“One of the things that happens when people make the leap from a certain amount of money to tens of millions of dollars is that the people around you dramatically change.”

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