"The narrative impulse is always with us; we couldn't imagine ourselves through a day without it."

-- Robert Coover

#Narrative Quotes #Imagine Quotes #Impulse Quotes

“As the duties of superintending the national defense and of securing the public peace against foreign or domestic violence involve a provision for casualties and dangers to which no possible limits can be assigned, the power of making that provision ought to know no other bounds than the exigencies of the nation and the resources of the community.”
“They [the blacks] had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.”
“A film about the love generation - the birthday party of the Aquarian Age showing actual ceremonies to make Lucifer rise. Lucifer is the Light god, not the devil - the Rebel Angel behind what's happening in the world today. His message is that the key of joy is disobedience. Isis (Nature) wakes. Osiris (Death) answers. Lilith (Destroyer) climbs to the place of Sacrifice. The Magus activates the circle and Lucifer - Bringer of Light - breaks through.”
“Good resolutions are a pleasant crop to sow.”
“The full retirement age is 67 and the lifespan is 80, so when they first conceived Social Security, they didn't think they were going to be paying benefits for 13-15 years. That's one of the reasons why this pyramid scheme isn't working.”

Source : "Joe Heck: Social Security 'a pyramid scheme'". Interview with David Catanese, www.politico.com. June 3, 2011.
“Thy money, thy office, thy reputation are nothing; put away these phantom clothings, and stand like an athlete stripped for the battle.”
“Literature wasn't intended to be about perfect people, it was about flaws, very real and very deep human flaws.”

Source : Erin McCarthy (2013). “True”, p.29, Penguin
“Well, my mum's been a tennis coach - she coached me till I was 12.”

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