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“Darling, if I think of all I miss now, I will go crazy. I should not think of that. I only want to think of all that I still have, and then I am rich. Your spirit is always around me, in your diary, our letters, all the things you got for our household. How proud we were of that! And the nearly six years! O God, I thank you for those years. If I never had met you, I would now not have all the sorrow; but I would have missed these riches -- and do these years not abundantly balance the lonely years I face without you?”
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“Who to a woman trusts his peace of mind, Trusts a frail bark, with a tempestuous wind.”
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“Hours slide by like minutes. The accumulated clutter of day-to-day existence — the lapses of conscience, the unpaid bills, the bungled opportunities, the dust under the couch, the inescapable prison of your genes — all of it is temporarily forgotten, crowded from your thoughts by an overpowering clarity of purpose and by the seriousness of the task at hand.”
Source : Jon Krakauer (2009). “Into the Wild”, p.150, Anchor
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“As a boy I dreamed that I could go on a boat with Jean Cousteau. But I was never given the opportunity. I am now giving that opportunity to young people around the world who would like to experience the beauty of nature.”
Source : Source: nicksmithphoto.wordpress.com
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“Something has to happen between you and the public, some interface that lets the public in on what you're doing.”
Source : Source: www.avclub.com
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“Right now, my daughter's just rolling her eyes at everything I do; I'm just an embarrassment.”
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“Like many works of literature, Hollywood chooses for its villains people who strive for social dominance through the pursuit of wealth, prestige, and power. But the ordinary business of capitalism is much more egalitarian: It's about finding meaning and enjoyment in work and production.”
Source : "Capitalism: Hollywood's Miscast Villain". www.wsj.com. June 04, 2010.
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“There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves.”