"History is the ship carrying living memories to the future."

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Source : "Peter's Quotations : Ideas for Our Times" by Laurence J. Peter, (p. 247), 1993.

Stephen Spender

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“I've always wanted to write poems and nothing else.”
“I often joke that I straddle psychosis and neurosis, and that being an artist keeps me in the middle, so I can work between the two.”

Source : "There's something about Sam" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. November 27, 2009.
“Beer commercials are so patriotic: Made the American Way. What does that have to do with America? Is that what America stands for? Feeling sluggish and urinating frequently?”
“You need more people to perpetuate a myth because if the people stop the myth is known to all.”

Source : "CNBC's Santelli Schools NYT's Friedman in Ponzi Schemes and Social Security". www.newsbusters.org. September 8, 2011.
“Social Security and Medicare represent promises made and we must keep these commitments.”
“Every kid's dream is to play for their hometown team, watching when you're younger and stuff like that. It's awesome to be able to be from Miami and play for the Marlins because I was at the stadium as a little kid watching the game.”
“Ecology's implications for capitalism are too momentous for the capitalist to contemplate. The plutocrats are more wedded to their wealth than to the Earth upon which they live, more concerned with the fate of their fortunes than with the fate of humanity. The present ecological crisis has been created by the few at the expense of the many.”
“I only have have one question, scraping the inside of me. Answer it, and I will stumble back into her shadow, shut my mouth, never ask again. I've tried to ignore it, but it won't go away. It haunts my dreams, chases me through every single day, and I don't have the strength to turn around, face it down. So please tell me and I swear I'll never ask again. It's in your power to make it go away, and all you have to do is tell me why you love her more.”

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