"During my three years in Vietnam, I certainly heard plenty of last words by dying American footsoldiers. Not one of them, however, had illusions that he had somehow accomplished something worthwhile in the process of making the Supreme Sacrifice."

-- Kurt Vonnegut

#Sacrifice Quotes #Years Quotes #Dying Quotes

“People who complain often say things like, 'I'm not being negative, I'm just being realistic.' Really? How is it anymore 'realistic' to focus on and talk about things that discourage us and make us feel bad, than to focus on and talk about the POSITIVE aspects of life that make us feel GOOD? Both area equally REALISTIC, but which you choose to dwell on has a very different impact on the quality of YOUR life.”
“We must be pure. I do not speak merely of the purity of the senses. We must observe great purity in our will, in our intentions, in all our actions.”
“In general, librarians enjoyed special requests. A reference librarian is someone who likes the chase. When librarians read for pleasure, they often pick a good mystery.”

Source : Karen Joy Fowler (2005). “The Jane Austen Book Club”, p.213, Penguin
“There's something very romantic about self-destruction and sabotaging your life, and taking a hammer to it.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com
“People love being around those who serve them.”
“In the end, everything came down to money. It came down to what a person actually did, as opposed to who they thought they were”
“I believe that if the silent majority were to protest against those who believe in irrational blind faith - who want to go backwards instead of forward, who are for tradition not innovation, who oppose individualism and plurality of thought - then the world would become a truly civilized world in which to live.”
“I don't get intimidated. When I'm on set, I never really get intimidated by people. But in social situations, it's weird sometimes. You don't want to seem like you're kissing somebody's ***** because they're a celebrity.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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