"There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them."

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Source : "Laura Poitras Talks CITIZENFOUR, Her First Impression of Edward Snowden, Her Commitment to Fearless Adversarial Journalism and More". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. October 26, 2014.

Josh Billings

#Worry Quotes #People Quotes #Sorrow Quotes

“...my soul bleeding tears of anguish”
“I'm constantly revising. Once the book is written and typed, I go through the entire draft again.”
“Works of art often last forever, or nearly so. But exhibitions themselves, especially gallery exhibitions, are like flowers; they bloom and then they die, then exist only as memories, or pressed in magazines and books.”
“I learned what my weaknesses were and I went out the next day to turn those weaknesses intro strengths.”
“It is one thing to rouse the passion of a people, and quite another to lead them.”
“The little bit you and me might change the world," Malloy smiled, "it wouldnt show up until a hundred years after we were dead. We'd never see it." "But it'd be there.”

Source : James Jones (2012). “The World War II Trilogy: From Here to Eternity, The Thin Red Line, and Whistle”, p.1090, Open Road Media
“He that loses his conscience has nothing left that is worth keeping. Therefore be sure you look to that, and in the next place look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to a good conscience.”
“Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate.”

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