"The past in retrospect holds manifold disenchantments, failures and even tragedies; and yet the worse may be forgotten and the best held fast."

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William Robertson Nicoll

#Past Quotes #Tragedy Quotes #May Quotes

“It turns out your conscious mind â€” the part you think of as you â€” is really the smallest part of what's happening in your brain, and usually the last one in line to find out any information.”

Source : "Stray Questions for: David Eagleman". Interview with Blake Wilson, artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com. July 10, 2009.
“I don`t think this wall [Donald Trump wants to build], having the - there`s no way to force them to, but expecting the Mexicans to pay for it doesn`t make any sense either.”

Source : Source: www.msnbc.com
“We live in the present, we dream of the future and we learn eternal truths from the past.”

Source : "Republic of China culture wakens in former capital" by Tracy You, www.cnn.com. January 22, 2013.
“There are American citizens who have been inspired to commit acts of terror on American soil, the latest incident, of course, the bombings we just saw in New York and New Jersey, the knife attack at a mall in Minnesota, in the last year, deadly attacks in San Bernardino and Orlando.”

Source : The First 2016 Presidential Debate Between Trump, Clinton, www.washingtonpost.com. September 26, 2016.
“Visualization is daydreaming with a purpose.”
“On the country has gathered the idea of a natural way of life: of peace, innocence, and simple virtue. On the city has gathered the idea of an achieved centre of learning, communication, light. Powerful hostile associations have also developed: on the city as a place of noise, worldliness and ambition; on the country as a place of backwardness, ignorance, limitation. A contrast between country and city, as fundamental ways of life, reaches back into classical times.”

Source : Raymond Williams (1975). “The Country and the City”, p.1, Oxford University Press, USA
“LIFE = (L)ive (I)N (F)ull (E)ffect!!!!!!!”
“I think it sits quite happily with me, the condition of being an actor. I see some people getting quite eaten up with it, with the insecurities. There are times when I long for continuity and stability, but I also love the idea of not knowing what I'll be doing next - or even if I'm going to work.”

Source : "Matthew Macfadyen: 'I do have a good eye'" by Harriet Lane, www.theguardian.com. February 17, 2010.

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