"It is easy to become the dupe of a deferred purpose, of the promise the future can never keep ..."

-- Jane Addams

#Promise Quotes #Purpose Quotes #Dupes Quotes

“And I thought maybe I didn't need to worry about my heart anymore because it had stopped beating a couple of seconds earlier, and I was still sitting there living and breathing-though admittedly I wasn't feeling much of anything.”
“You don't stop running because you get old, you get old because you stop running.”

Source : Christopher McDougall (2010). “Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen”, p.240, Profile Books
“Medicine allows people to live who would otherwise die, so antibiotics will let people survive infections that they might be otherwise very vulnerable to and even little things might make a big difference, so I wear eyeglasses because my eyes aren't particularly strong, before there were eyeglasses someone at my age would probably not be good for much.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.”
“Music and art and culture is escapism, and escapism sometimes is healthy for people to get away from reality. The problem is when they stay there.”
“That's what perseverance is. You go through some tough times and you fight through it. And now, it's over. It's over.”
“The BBC is a perfect example of uncontrolled growth, [occupying] old churches and manor houses, the old Langham Hotel where Sherlock Holmes once met Moriarty and where this correspondent once shared an office with an 8-foot bathtub.”
“All men have their frailties; and whoever looks for a friend without imperfections, will never find what he seeks.”

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