"Eulogy is nice, but one does not learn anything from it."

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Source : Dame Ellen Terry (1908). “The Story of My Life: Recollections and Reflections”

Ellen Terry

#Nice Quotes #Eulogy Quotes #Doe Quotes

“I loved to read when I was a kid, and as soon as I realized that an actual person got to make up the books I loved so much, I decided that that was the job for me.”
“Deserted libraries hold the shades of writers who worked within, and are haunted by their absence.”
“I think the end goal, hopefully, is to take advantage of the attention Ive gotten along the way and use it for good and build some communities, and as I get older I can continue to do things and be surrounded by things that are inspirational to me.”
“Up on that stage, my personality changes. I put everything behind me when I perform. My problems dont belong to my fans. I dont put a burden on my audience. I give them 100 percent of my energy.”
“I don't doubt that at the dawn of martial arts, the main goal was to beat up one's opponents in the most effective way possible. But then, indirectly, the alchemy of martial arts began to strike some chords deep within the spirit of many individuals, transforming living war-machines into poets, artists, and philosophers.”

Source : Daniele Bolelli (2010). “On the Warrior's Path, Second Edition: Philosophy, Fighting, and Martial Arts Mythology”, p.3, North Atlantic Books
“I think I've proven that I'm throw-first, and then run if I need to.”
“He regarded life as a rather odd club of which he had accidentally become a member and from which one could be expelled without reasons having to be supplied. He had already decided to leave the club if the meetings should become all too boring. But how boring is boring?”
“Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.”

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