"There whil'st the world prov'd prodigal of breath, the headless trunks lay prostrated in heaps; this field of funerals sacred unto death, did paint out horror in most hideous shapes: whil'st men unhors'd, horses unmast'red, stray'd, some call'd on those whom they most dearly lov'd, some rag'd, some groan'd, some sigh'd, roar'd, promis'd, pray'd, as blows, falls, faintness, pain, hope, anguish mov'd."

-- William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling

#Horse Quotes #Pain Quotes #War Quotes

“I'm not going to be the rock star of the far right and frankly on the rock star of the far left.”

Source : "Warner, Luger and McDonnell on "State of the Union"". "State of the Union" with Candy Crowley, www.realclearpolitics.com. June 3, 2012.
“There's a lot of pain in my heart because what I accomplished was second to none. I'm not losing any sleep, but I do pay attention every year at this time.”
“Life can only be understood backwards but you have to live it forward. You can only do that by stepping into uncertainty and by trying, within this uncertainty, to create your own islands of security....The new security will be a belief that ...if this doesn't work out you could do something else. You are your own security.”

Source : The Journals of Søren Kierkegaard, 1844.
“The development of willpower -I will, I won't and I want- may define what it means to be human.”
“There's hardly anywhere in literature where you don't find a triangle.”
“Intelligence consists in ignoring things that are irrelevant.”

Source : Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2016). “Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile”, p.1783, Random House
“You will never have the answers, but you have to keep pushing yourself and keep reading and keep working on yourself.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“As an actor, I was not accepted for the longest time. But it did not deter me, as the audience had accepted me. I never compared myself with any other actors. I never had any game plan and took whatever came my way.”

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