"The further the fall, the greater the hurt."

-- Publilius Syrus

#Hurt Quotes #Fall Quotes

“And so was Luria, whose words now came back to me: â€˜A man does not consist of memory alone. He has feeling, will, sensibility, moral being ... It is here ... you may touch him, and see a profound change.â€™ Memory, mental activity, mind alone, could not hold him; but moral attention and action could hold him completely.”
“For all its terrible faults, in one sense America is still the last, best hope of mankind, because it spells out so vividly the kind of happiness that most people actually want, regardless of what they are told they ought to want.”
“So lots of respect for all you boys and girls out there who tab out songs like all the time. You bring rock and roll music closer to the people. Gratefully yours”
“The most destructive thing governments do is divide people against each other, all in competition over the reins of the state.”
“I thought that once we were out of the baby stage, parenting would be a breeze.”

Source : "Tori Spelling: I Struggle with Guilt As a Working Mom" by Anya Leon, celebritybabies.people.com. September 12, 2011.
“The National Security Agencyâ€™s capability at any time could be turned around on the American people, and no American would have any privacy left, such is the capability to monitor everything: telephone conversations, telegrams, it doesnâ€™t matter. There would be no place to hide. If a dictator ever took over, the N.S.A. could enable it to impose total tyranny, and there would be no way to fight back.”
“I always believe in going hard at everything, whether it is Latin or mathematics, boxing or football, but at the same time I want to keep the sense of proportion. It is never worth while to absolutely exhaust one's self or to take big chances unless for an adequate object. I want you to keep in training the faculties which would make you, if the need arose, able to put your last ounce of pluck and strength into a contest. But I do not want you to squander these qualities.”
“This is going to sound horrible, but I don't even know how much I make in a year. It must be, you know, a couple of million dollars, a few million. I know it's more money than my dad, a jail guard, made in his lifetime; more money than I'll ever need.”

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