"To me, nostalgia is nothing more than a mindless plundering of the past for the commonplace."

-- Mel Torme

#Past Quotes #Musical Quotes #Nostalgia Quotes

“Unlike lions and dogs, we are a dissenting animal. We need to dissent in the same way that we need to travel, to make money, to keep a record of our time on earth and in dream, and to leave a permanent mark. Dissension is a drive, like those drives.”

Source : Carol Bly (1988). “Letters from the Country”, HarperCollins
“The biggest lesson from Africa was that life's joys come mostly from relationships and friendships, not from material things. I saw time and again how much fun Africans had with their families and friends and on the sports fields. they laughed all the time.”
“Goodness! Golly! Good God! Blessed Allah! Zeus and Hera! Mary and Joseph! Nathaniel Hawthorne! Don't touch her! Grab her! Move closer! Run away! Don't move! Kill the snake! Leave it alone! Give it some food! Don't let it bite her! Lure the snake away! Here, snakey! Here, snakey snakey!”
“Those who wish to punish the current and future generations for the inequities of a generation long gone, and who equate justice with revenge, are the most dangerous people in the world.”
“Do we indulge our heart, or cater to our fear?”
“I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong,”
“Having no new companions, nothing remained for him but to read.”
“Art upsets, science reasures.”

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