"Man makes history; woman is history. The reproduction of the species is feminine: it runs steadily and quietly through all species, animal or human, through all short-lived cultures. It is primary, unchanging, everlasting, maternal, plantlike, and cultureless. If we look back we find that it is synonymous with life itself."

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Source : Oswald Spengler (1967). “Aphorisms”

Oswald Spengler

#Running Quotes #Men Quotes #Animal Quotes

“If your mom was here, she would flip her top over your grades." "Flip her lid," I muttered.”
“The chain of life runs smoothly from one generation to the next and none of the links stand out except here and there a link one sees by accident.”

Source : Clifford D. Simak (2015). “Time and Again”, p.56, Open Road Media
“In every friendship hearts grow and entwine themselves together, so that the two hearts seem to make only one heart with only a common thought. That is why separation is so painful; it is not so much two hearts separating, but one being torn asunder.”
“Memory is dramatic present tense. You create it as you remember it.”
“Competition can be the most nerve-racking experience. Some people just thrive on it.”
“If you had told me at the beginning of the year that I was going to be a shoo-in for the Cy Young, I would have been absolutely ecstatic and amazed.”
“What is the cause of most backslidings? I believe, as a general rule, one of the chief causes is neglect of private prayer.”
“I don't have the genetic make-up of a frontman, but I'm learning how to do it.”

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