"I suppose real old age begins when one looks backward rather than forward"

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May Sarton

#Real Quotes #Inspiration Quotes #Age Quotes

“I donâ€™t think teens make mistakes when they fall in love. You experience what you experience and you take away what you can from it; it is very human.”
“wealth means power: the power to subdue, to crush, to exploit, the power to enslave, to outrage, to degrade.”

Source : Emma Goldman (1969). “Anarchism: And Other Essays”, p.54, Courier Corporation
“My first job was a Greek tragedy, and ever since, one job just seemed to roll onto the next. I've been terribly lucky.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“At the time of Caliph Omar's invasion of Egypt, the Arab officer on duty in the destruction of the library of Alexandria used two stamps with which he marked the books. One said: 'Does not agree with the Koran - heretic, must be burned'. The other said: 'Agrees with the Koran - superfluous, must be burned'.”
“There is more in art, with an apology to that much abused word, as applied to photography, than startling display lines, on mounts and signs announcing artist Photographer, Artistic Photography Studio, etc., and the lower the standard the more frantic the claim.”
“When the women get the vote, we'll spend more money on the children.”

Source : Ernest Poole (2015). “His Family”, p.111, Booklassic
“He grinned. â€œThatâ€™s because pixies are ever-after. Weâ€™re magic, baby. Just ask Matalina.”
“To put someone in jail for using drugs in the privacy of his hotel room is just barbaric.”

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