"I often feel that life is about to begin, only to realize it is almost over."

-- Oliver Sacks

#Realizing Quotes #Life Is Quotes #Feels Quotes

“I equate freedom and peace. And I believe America, given its position in the world, must use our power to promote freedom.”
“A town is a thing like a colonial animal. A town has a nervous system and a head and shoulders and feet. A town is a thing separate from all other towns alike. And a town has a whole emotion. How news travels through a town is a mystery not easily to be solved. News seems to move faster than small boys can scramble and dart to tell it, faster than women can call it over the fences.”
“An editor is the uncrowned king of an educated democracy.”
“... relationships required such vigilance, such attention. You had to hold them together by force of will, and other people took up so much space, demanded so much time. It was exhausting.”
“Behold congenial Autumn comes, the Sabbath of the Year.”

Source : James Grahame, John Logan (1823). “The poems of James Grahame, John Logan, and William Falconer”, p.153
“History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.”
“Moral failure occurs when people lose focus and gradually drift off the path.”
“Al Gore is a good man. He is a decent, caring man. He listens to his heart and his head. He loves his family.”

Source : Sen. Richard (Dick) Gephardt's speech at the Democratic National Convention, abcnews.go.com. August 16, 2000.

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