"One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up."

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Malcolm Muggeridge

#Giving Quotes #Age Quotes #Pleasure Quotes

“Most projects start out slowly - and then sort of taper off.”
“Religion stalks across the face of human history, knee-deep in the blood of innocents, clasping its red hands in hymns of praise to an approving God.”
“It seems to me like the Internet allows you to break that structure a little bit. You know, here's your CD that's going into stores, here's your EP that you offer online, here's a subscription for songs you recorded on the road, here's your live stuff streaming.”
“You can't make the other fellow feel important in your presence if you secretly feel that he is a nobody”

Source : Les Giblin (1956). “How to Have Confidence and Power In Dealing With People”, p.32, Les Giblin Books
“The Unconscious Civilisation There is a certain terrifying dignity to the big ideologies. With the stroke of an intellectual argument the planet is put in its place. Only the bravest or the most foolish of individuals would not become passive before such awe inspiring destinies.”
“After you play a part, you think of it as your own.”
“I'm not really into vinyl. There's something about that raw, birth of rock and roll feel that makes me crazy.”
“My liveliness is based on an incredible fear of death. In order to keep death at bay, I do a lot of "Yah! Yah! Yah!" And death says, "All right. He's too noisy and busy. I'll wait for someone who's sitting quietly, half asleep."”

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