"Riches, power and fame last only for a few years! Why do people cling so desperately to these transitory things? Why can't people who have more than they need for themselves give that surplus to their fellow citizens? Why should some people have such a hard time during their few years on this earth?"

-- Anne Frank

#Hard Times Quotes #Years Quotes #People Quotes

“The more attention you give to the paparazzi, the more it just, like, validates everything . . .”
“Unfortunately, I'm not a person that's always capable of living up to the Boy Scout philosophy.”
“Music stays in the air. / It travels at the speed of breath / at the sound of light. / It is never not heard. / It can wait centuries if it has to.”

Source : Alexis De Veaux (1980). “Don't Explain: A Song of Billie Holiday”, HarperCollins Publishers
“Those seven years in the cloister were the key to my life.”
“Position yourself as a center of influence, the one who knows the movers and shakers. People will respond to that, and you'll soon become what you project.”
“Male groupies gettin' shaky when I come from the rear.”

Source : Song: Yesh Yesh Y'all
“Every Monday morning I try to remember to say "Thank you, Lord. I'm not at the Senior Staff Meeting."”

Source : Source: www.poetrymagazines.org.uk
“What's really interesting, though, is that some people in the Messirya are starting to see Darfuri rebels - so non-Arab, [from the] Justice and Equality Movement - have moved over into Southern Kordofan, which is supposed to be a Messirya stronghold, and started recruiting Messirya to go and fight against the Khartoum government in Darfur. Just another example of how everything in Sudan is interlinked.”

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