"It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be."

--

Alan Paton

“A single sentence will suffice for modern man. He fornicated and read the papers. After that vigorous definition, the subject will be, if I may say so, exhausted.”
“I didn't want it to be this way." "Yes, you did," she said, "because it is." "I just want to be with someone normal," he said. "I just want to have a normal life." "Excuse me," she said. "You're a little crazy," he said. "You're too old to act the way you do. You've got to grow up. You've got to take care of yourdelf. I'm afraid for you. You can't think that people are going to take care of you all the time.”

Source : Jeff Bridges, Bernie Glassman (2013). “The Dude and the Zen Master”, p.29, Penguin
“The daily practice of gratitude is one of the conduits by which your wealth will come to you.”
“The very relationship with the other is the relationship with the future.”
“Warren Beatty has always acted like a Movie Star even when no one knew who he was.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“If you ask 99.9 percent of parents who have children with autism if we'd rather have the measles versus autism, we'd sign up for the measles.”
“When defeated ask yourself what mistakes invited the attack. This kind of positive thinking any fighter must possess.”
“I think the reason I don't read is because, when I'm reading, I feel like I'm missing out on something else. You know, What are my friends doing? Where's my girlfriend?”

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