"We are on red alert when it comes to how we are perceiving ourselves as a species. There's no desire to be an adult. Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift."

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Source : "A Star Who Has No Time for Vanity" by Frank Bruni, www.nytimes.com. October 15, 2014.

Frances McDormand

#Goal Quotes #Desire Quotes #Adults Quotes

“A child gets moral notions from the fairy-tales he delights in, as do his elders from tale and verse.”
“The soul, Advancing ever to the source of light And all perfection, lives, adores, and reigns In cloudless knowledge, purity, and bliss.”
“Love is a decision, not just an emotion. It is selfless, and a commitment.”

Source : "Lydia McLaughlin: My Proposal Was Better Than 'The Bachelor'!". Interview with Lauren Metz, www.yourtango.com. November 8, 2013.
“Our language, once homely and colloquial, seeks to aggrandize our meanest activities with polysyllabic terms or it retreats from frankness into a stammering verbosity.”

Source : Mary McCarthy (1985). “Occasional prose”, Harcourt
“The door slammed open. Vivenna jumped, putting a hand to her chest. Vasher walked in. 'Start reaching for that sword when you're startled,' he said. 'There's little reason to grab your shirt, unless you're planning to rip it off.”
“My father still reads the dictionairy every day. He says your life depends on your power to master words”

Source : "The Gambia in Your Senegal" by Aingeal Clare, www.theguardian.com. May 13, 2006.
“Early One Morning takes time and, I mean, all things like that I felt were very important.”
“Finally, if you will permit me, I'd like to make a comment which in my mind, is indicative, perhaps, of the greater significance of football and sports emphasis in general in this country, and that is, I thank God I was warring on the gridirons of the Midwest and not on the battlefields of Europe. I can speak confidently and positively that the players of this country would much more, much rather, struggle and fight to win the Heisman award than the Croix de guerre.”

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