"We are born into this world with clenched fists, we leave it with fingers apart- preaching the lesson that you take nothing with you."

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Source : Ethel Percy Andrus (1968). “The Wisdom of Ethel Percy Andrus”

Ethel Percy Andrus

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“I don't go to a lot of parties or do a lot of going out within, like, the Hollywood circle or celebrity-type circles and things like that.”

Source : "Controversial Movies Sympathetic to Terrorists; What Drives NASCAR Fandom?; Search Called Off for Show Dog; Samuel L. Jackson Weighs in on Oscar Noms". "Showbiz Tonight", edition.cnn.com. February 17, 2006.
“When we want a cup of tea our main wish is to drink tea, but to fulfill this wish we naturally develop the secondary wish to find a cup. In a similar way, the main wish of those who have great compassion is to protect all living beings from their suffering, but to fulfill this wish they know they must first attain Buddhahood themselves and so they naturally develop the secondary wish to attain enlightenment.”
“Man is the inventor of stupidity.”
“The body expresses our very being. The striving for beauty is inborn among the Aryan.”

Source : "German Bodies: Race and Representation After Hitler". Book by Uli Linke, p. 47, 1999.
“A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world.”
“Saddam is a war criminal and there are no two people who can argue over this.”
“I have always enjoyed drawing and painting but I don't always find the time to do much these days.”
“[in reference to turkey bowling] He [Tommy] squinted and picked his target, then took his steps and sent the bird sliding down the aisle. A collective gasp rose from the crew as the fourteen-pound, self-basting, fresh-frozen projectile of wholesome savory goodness plowed into the soap bottles like a freight train into a chorus line of drunken grandmothers.”

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