"It is the familiar that usually eludes us in life. What is before our nose is what we see last."

-- William Barrett

#Life Quotes #Vision Quotes #Elude Quotes

“If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of his life.”
“We shouldn't any of us be afraid of teaching protective measures to save lives.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“When the French nation gradually came into existence among the ruins of the Roman civilization in Gaul, a new language was at the same time slowly evolved.”
“God has paid us the intolerable compliment of loving us, in the deepest, most tragic, most inexorable sense.”
“Don't become a random photograph in the eyes of friends, and even your enemies, for each glance at your face will cause a declination of value and reputation. Create value, through scarcity.”
“There's not that many surprises that you get in life.”
“Most people read poetry listening for echoes because the echoes are familiar to them. They wade through it the way a boy wades through water, feeling with his toes for the bottom: The echoes are the bottom.”
“The best way to stop Messi is when you play with 11 men and then you can double mark him, one player to stay on him and the other to help out. If it is 11 against 10 then you have almost no chance of stopping him.”

Source : "Mourinho takes pressure off stars". www.cnn.com. March 6, 2006.

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