"fear is a dreadful drawback because it stops us living in the moment."

-- Edna O'Brien

#Fear Quotes #Live In The Moment Quotes #Moments Quotes

“I guess you could write a good song if your heart hadn't been broken, but I don't know of anyone whose heart hasn't been broken.”
“One of my best friends growing up was gay. It's never been an issue for me. I think there was a time in my life, probably in college, that I wished every guy was gay because it meant more woman for me! I don't know what everyone's problem with it is, I wish everyone was gay! That's always the way I thought about it. I have no issue with it. If I have to suffer through marriage why shouldn't they?”

Source : "Short Episode: Donald Trump, Jr. Opens Up About Gay Marriage, Women’s Rights, and His Love of Hunting". "The Six Pack" with DJ Ben Harvey and Dave Rubin, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 15, 2012.
“Three hundred men, who all know each other direct the economic destinies of the Continent and they look for successors among their friends and relations. This is not the place to examine the strange causes of this strange state of affairs which throws a ray of light on the obscurity of our social future.”
“Seize Godâ€™s vision. Activate your faith. Make your move.”
“A believer is a bird in a cage, a freethinker is an eagle parting the clouds with tireless wing.”

Source : Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.108, Library of Alexandria
“Good twists are enormously hard to come by, and I think the best ones are earned ones. The idea that a story can take a left turn on you, it's easy to do, but it has to be done very, very carefully, or else you risk losing the audience's trust.”
“Sun of my soul, thou Savior dear, It is not night if thou be near. Oh, may no earthborn cloud arise To hide thee from thy servant's eyes.”

Source : John Keble, “Sun Of My Soul”
“Sometimes your worst competitors are the ones which are dying because they do stupid things.”

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