"Beware of using up your last forty years in being the curator of your first fifty."

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Source : Allan Gurganus (2010). “Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All: A Novel”, p.399, Vintage

Allan Gurganus

#Years Quotes #Fifty Quotes #Lasts Quotes

“You don't have to be a cave man to appreciate Lascaux.”
“I miss sometimes the buzz of America. A sense that anything can change at the drop of a hat. In a way, it's an exhausting thing to live with.”
“The human heart in its perversity finds it hard to escape hatred and revenge.”
“He's my client, and he's counting on me. I'll take him, warts and all.”
“You're creating music to pull people into a world, whether it be a visual medium where music is just one element, or a purely musical medium. Either way, you're trying to transport people and to create a connection. I've always felt that the best films and the best albums can be the best company. If people feel a little bit less alone because of something I had a hand in creating than I feel like I'm contributing to the world in a positive way.”
“I have been seriously afraid at times but have used my fear as a stimulating factor rather than allowing it to paralyse me. My abilities have not been outstanding, but I have had sufficient strength and determination to meet my challenges and have usually managed to succeed with them.”

Source : Edmund Hillary (1999). “View from the Summit”, Corgi Books
“I'm not so arrogant to think I'm the only guide someone needs ... but I might be the guide that someone needs.”
“God did not burden the United States with a diversity of backgrounds, ideas and religions, He blessed America with them.”

Source : Emanuel Cleaver DNC speech, www.politico.com. September 05, 2012.

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