"You are here for but an instant, and you mustn't take yourself too seriously"

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Source : Edgar Rice Burroughs (2015). “EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Ultimate Collection: 30+ Adventure Novels & Science Fiction Classics (Illustrated): The Tarzan Series, The Barsoom Series, The Pelucidar Series, Caspak Trilogy, The Mucker Trilogy, Lost World Novels, Fantastic Stories, Historical Novels and more”, p.3003, e-artnow

Edgar Rice Burroughs

#Instant Quotes

“The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.”
“What it boils down to is that when you say the word Las Vegas it means something. You could say New York City and it doesn't really mean anything. When you say a word like Bangkok, in my mind it means something. There's not a lot of cities where the world literally brings a picture to your mind.”
“Beauty always promises, but never gives anything.”
“We need to put our faith and trust in the people on the frontlines -- and back it up with real resources. We need to make sure first defenders have the gear and support they need, and the benefits and protections they've earned. With new technology and ingenuity, by doing more to sustain our first defenders and calling on Americans to do more for their country, we can make our country stronger, safer, and more secure.”
“Was there ever in anyone's life span a point free in time, devoid of memory, a night when choice was any more than the sum of all the choices gone before?”
“Whatever we are, whatever we make of ourselves, is all we will ever have - and that, in its profound simplicity, is the meaning of life.”
“The typical white intellectual considers himself superior to ordinary white people for two contradictory reasons: a] he constantly proclaims belief in human equality, but they don't; b] he has a high IQ, but they don't.”

Source : "Americans First". www.theamericanconservative.com. February 13, 2006.
“Yet my humble capacity has not preserved me from calumnies.”

Source : Lajos Kossuth, Francis William Newman (1854). “Select Speeches of Kossuth”, p.22

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