"Disconnecting from change does not recapture the past. It loses the future."

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Source : Kathleen Norris (2001). “Dakota: A Spiritual Geography”, p.82, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Kathleen Norris

#Inspirational Quotes #Change Quotes #Past Quotes

“If you can turn your wants into your needs, you can do anything.”

Source : "Randy Jackson: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 15, 2011.
“I think that's what really a substantial work is, it's forever. It's the truth now and it was the truth then, and it will be the truth tomorrow.”
“I make my patients feel like they're still part of life, part of some grand nutty scheme instead of alone with their diseases. With me, they still feel part of the human race.”
“I am sure that in estimating every man's value either in private or public life, a pure integrity is the quality we take first into calculation, and that learning and talents are only the second.”
“Velius--so who is she? no wait, let me guess. skin of the finest porcelain. hair of the softest silk. a voice like birdsong, a smile like sunshine, and a mouth that would sate your brightest and darkest wishes Rumbold-- You've m-met her? Velius--oh yes, my friend. we all know her. we've all pursued her. some of us have even been lucky enough to have her. we've been drunk on her sin, become fools of her favor. she might have borne a different face each time, but her name was always the same. Trouble”
“One may imagine that a man who blew the trumpet for his living would be glad to play the violin for his amusement.”
“People have managed to avert their eyes and hope for the best.”
“I think that the principle of the Conservative Party is jealousy of liberty and of the people , only qualified by fear ; but I think the principle of the Liberal Party is trust in the people, only qualified by prudence .”

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