"I plan on having parties when Iâ€™m 30. I plan on having fun when Iâ€™m old. Any notion of THE BEST years comes from clichÃ©d â€˜should haves â€˜if Iâ€™dâ€™ â€˜wish Iâ€™dâ€™"

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Marina Keegan

#Fun Quotes #Party Quotes #Years Quotes

“Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'”

Source : Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”
“Letting events end is not rude. Everything ends.”
“Poetry forces a writer to condense and crystallise his thoughts and often represents a short cut to truths unsuspected by the author himself.”
“What is the ultimate solution to the origin of the Universe? The answers provided by the astronomers are disconcerting and remarkable. Most remarkable of all is the fact that in science, as in the Bible, the world begins with an act of creation.”
“A veil hangs between the two opposites, a mere slip of a thing that is transparent to warn us or comfort us. You hate now but look through this veil and see the possibility of love; you're sad now but look through to the other side and see happiness. Absolute composure to a complete mess - it happens so quickly, all in the blink of an eye.”
“The emotional findings, then, suggest that to gain the most benefit from writing about lifeâ€™s traumas, acknowledge the negative but celebrate the positive.”

Source : James W. Pennebaker (2011). “The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us”, p.14, Bloomsbury Publishing USA
“Nirvana's success drew attention to a marketing demographic previously ignored by the mainstream, and inadvertently started a gold rush with advertising executives, product manufacturers, merchandise distributors, fashion coordinators, and rock imitators, the latter of whom have yet to equal the sincerity, power, and wit of Nirvana.”
“Big egos are big shields for lots of empty space.”

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