"I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience."

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Patrick Henry

#Feet Quotes #Lamps Quotes

“Having purpose and vision during retirement is one of the most important determinants of mental, social, spiritual, and physical well-being in later life.”
“Sometimes directors will hire you and say, 'Oh, we love your work.' And then they start to tell you how to do it. I say, 'Hey, man, back off. You hired me to do it. Let me do it.'”
“Iâ€™m staring into chocolate eyes. although my brain is clouded and Iâ€™m dizzy, I know enough to register that chocolate is the opposite of blue. I donâ€™t want blue. Blue confuses me too much. Chocolate is straight-forward, easier to deal with.”
“Around mid-life everyone goes maniac a little bit.”
“You know, thereâ€™s something when you just know you fit together. And I fit with you. I donâ€™t care what you are, human or anything else. Itâ€™s like a need, Maddy. So please.â€ He stopped and looked at her desperately. Nakedly. â€œGive me a chance, Maddy.”
“The chief deficiency I see in the skeptical movement is its polarization: Us vs. Them - the sense that we have a monopoly on the truth; that those other people who believe in all these stupid doctrines are morons; that if you're sensible, you'll listen to us; and if not, to hell with you. This is nonconstructive. It does not get our message across. It condemns us to permanent minority status.”
“We come from the future, essentially, because we have all these ideas about gender equality, sexual freedom, and these are not shared by the working class, the peasantry among whom we work.”

Source : "'Exiles From the Future': An Interview with Vijay Prashad". Interview with Andrew Stewart, www.counterpunch.org. August 17, 2016.
“...and he smiled a lot. The smile did not mean that he was happy. It meant he was stronger than most people, and that he intended to take advantage of it.”

Source : Michael Cadnum (2010). “Flash”, p.3, Macmillan

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