"We cannot build the future by avenging the past."

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Source : T.H. WHITE (1958). “THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING”

T. H. White

#Past Quotes #Avenging Quotes

“Well, you always discover a lot in the editing room. Particularly the action, because you have to over-shoot a lot and shoot an enormous amount of material because many of the sequences have to be discovered in the editing and manipulation of it.”
“I quit school in the sixth grade because of pneumonia. Not because I had it, but because I couldn't spell it.”
“How could I have known that murder can sometimes smell like honeysuckle?”

Source : "Fictional character: Walter Neff". "Double Indemnity", 1944.
“From the very first, I knew that it would be so...I smiled to myself, and said, "That -- and none other.”
“Wisdom is not about what you know, but how you know it. If knowledge is a measure of the grasp an individual has of a given subject, wisdom is a measure of his grip. Does he hold his ideas lightly or loosely? Will he let go when they show signs of wear or inappropriateness?”
“Creativity is God's gift to us. Using our creativity is our gift back to God.”
“The real metric of success isn't the size of your bank account. It's the number of lives in whom you might be able to make a positive difference.”

Source : FaceBook post by Naveen Jain from Aug 24, 2016
“For a long time I was lost. My life got a lot better when I stopped thinking about my life and started thinking about my work and the purpose of that work.”

Source : "The Misadventures of Iris Smyles". Interview with Royal Young, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 29, 2016.

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