"Awareness of the self is more acutely at the heart of things than it has ever been before. On the foundation of self-awareness alone rest all our hopes for a new politics, a new society, a revitalized life. If we do not genuinely know ourselves, the void will now, at last, surely rise up to meet us."

-- Vivian Gornick

#Heart Quotes #Self Quotes #Lasts Quotes

“And yet humanity is so not evolved that how can you expect anything absolutely major to happen? Look how long, we move ahead in technology, how much do we move ahead in morality or emotion? We move ahead so minimally, minimally, minimally.”
“With each game I play, with each season I play, I'm running out of chances... you're never guaranteed next year. You're never guaranteed the next game. You have to seize the opportunity when it's there in front of you.”

Source : "Favre Knows That Time Is Quickly Running Out". Interview with Judy Battista, www.nytimes.com. January 29, 2004.
“HB-Shizzle's gonna be honest with ya, okay. To hit these bad boys, you have to have pinpoint accuracy.”
“Suddenly, I win the derby and people are talking about England again. It is absolutely pathetic”
“What's this thing that gets between us and Shakespeare?”
“People are always going to identify with what it's like living in society and have people judge you in certain ways, and how you can be strong enough to be your own person and all those good things.”

Source : "Alessandro Nivola graduates to 'Mansfield Park' and beyond" by Jamie Allen, www.cnn.com. November 30, 1999.
“The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It's your mind you have to convince.”
“There are three things that are not to be credited: a woman when she weeps, a merchant when he swears, nor a drunkard when he prays.”

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