"Alas, regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come nor care beyond today."

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Source : 'Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College' (1747) l. 51

Thomas Gray

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“That's a heavy word, but picking up a newspaper every day, how can you not despair at what's happening in the world, and how we're represented as human beings? The disappointments and corruption are dismaying at every level. And the biggest source of evil is of course religion. Religions are tearing each other apart in the name of their personal god. And the irony is, by definition, they're probably worshipping the same god.”
“Easy for you to say. Youâ€™re the one who got plowed. I was doing the plowing.”
“It's LeBron's team. He's the captain. This is the time in my career where I can fit in. I'm now in the security business. My job is to protect the King, and that's what I'm here to do.”
“Reputation is fine but you have to keep justifying it. In a sense, it makes it harder because people's expectations of you are higher. So, you have to fulfill those expectations. Or, try to exceed those expectations. But, it becomes more difficult as time goes on.”
“The new year on which we are about to enter is unopened, and we know not what shall befall us; but if we follow Christ we need have no fear. So let us leave the old year with gratitude to God for its mercies, and with penitence for its failures and sins; and let us enter the new year with earnest resolve in Christ's name to make it the holiest and most beautiful year we have ever lived.”
“If one would cancel all traffic rules and switch off all traffic lights, watching city traffic on TV would be also awfully interesting!”
“The day is ending. It's time for something that was beautiful to turn into something else that is beautiful. Now, Let go.”
“Survival is a genetic law.”

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