"Lead such a life, that, when you die, the people may mourn you, and while you are alive they long for your company."

-- Ali ibn Abi Talib

#Long Quotes #People Quotes #Alive Quotes

“Gay and lesbian relationships operate on essentially the same principles as heterosexual relationships”
“God is utterly simple; for every composite being necessarily has a cause of its own composition, and so, since God is the first principle of all things, there can be no real composition whatever in God. Now, in an utterly simple being there can be nothing that is not that simple being itself. In God, therefore, whatever really is, is the same as God, is the same as that which is, is the same as that which subsists, and hence necessarily subsists.”
“There is no past. Past is present when you carry it with you.”

Source : Flora Rheta Schreiber (1975). “Sybil”
“What could you do better for your children and your children's children than to record the story of your life, your triumphs over adversity, your recovery after a fall, your progress when all seemed black, your rejoicing when you had finally achieved? Some of what you write may be humdrum dates and places, but there will also be rich passages that will be quoted by your posterity.”
“A house divided cannot stand for long. That goes for politicians and the rest of us.”
“If we do not want to die together in war, we must learn to live together in peace.”
“Even the most painstaking history is a bridge across an eternal mystery.”
“I want to be true to the character and maintain some consistency and give the audience what they love while at the same time keeping things fresh and grow the character.”

Source : "'Raising Hope's' Martha Plimpton on Her Emmy Nomination, 'I Was Doubly Surprised'". Interview with Jethro Nededog, www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 13, 2011.

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