"Whoever you pretend to be, you must face yourself eventually."

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Source : Song: Last Days Of The Century, 1988

Al Stewart

#Uprising Quotes #Faces Quotes

“I have been a soldier all my life. I have commanded companies, I have commanded regiments. I have commanded divisions. And I have commanded even more. But there are no fifteen thousand men i the world that can go across that ground.”
“The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.”
“Research is of considerable importance in certain fields, such as science and history.”
“Iâ€™ve learned that a storm isnâ€™t always just bad weather, and a fire can be the start of something. Iâ€™ve found out that there are a lot more shades of gray in this world than I ever knew about. Iâ€™ve learned that sometimes, when youÂ´re afraid but you keep on moving forward, thatâ€™s the biggest kind of courage there is. And finally, Iâ€™ve learned that life isnâ€™t really about failure and success. Itâ€™s about being present, in the moment when big things happen, when everything changes, including myself.”
“I wrote three novels in six months, with a clarity of focus and attention to detail that I had never before experienced. This type of sublime creative energy is characteristic of the elevated and productive mood state known as hypomania.”

Source : Ayelet Waldman (2017). “A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life”, p.13, Knopf
“Somewhere, I had received the impression that Fine Folks were people who did the best they could with the sense they had, but Aunt Alexandra was of the opinion, obliquely expressed, that the longer a family had been squatting on one patch of land the finer it was.”
“Every investigation which is guided by principles of Nature fixes its ultimate aim entirely on gratifying the stomach.”

Source : Athenaeus (1854). “The Deipnosophists Or Banquet of the Learned of Athenaeus: With an Appendix of Poetical Fragments, Rendered Into English Verse by Various Authors and a General Index : in Three Volumes”, p.439
“I'm not in a rush to do anything. And I wouldn't say I pick and choose. When it comes to producers picking people for roles I don't think it's between me and Tom Cruise, do you know what I mean?”

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