"Gide says the hell of this life is that between a hundred paths we have to choose only one, and live with nostalgia for the other ninety nine."

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Source : Fernando Tavares Sabino (1967). “A time to meet”, Harvill Press

Fernando Sabino

#Nine Quotes #Path Quotes #Nostalgia Quotes

“I remember the first sermon I ever preached. I had four sermons. I preached them, all four in ten minutes. And that was the beginning, in a place called Bostwick, Florida, in northern Florida, in a little tiny church, and on a cold night, about 40 people. And I was so nervous.”
“Religion needs science to keep it away from superstition and keep it close to reality, to protect it from creationism, which at the end of the day is a kind of paganism - it's turning God into a nature god. And science needs religion in order to have a conscience, to know that, just because something is possible, it may not be a good thing to do.”
“She comes from the school of getting it out of your system, whereas he comes from the school of stewing over it.”
“I hate overweight, because it implies that there's a weight standard i should be adhering to”
“Growing up in a family of actors, what's great about it is that they're very supportive and they understand what it's like to be an actor - the rejections, the highs and lows... and having a common language with them is great because you have shorthand speech.”

Source : Source: www.aaa.si.edu
“The time has come for all evangelists to practice full financial disclosure. The world is watching how we walk and how we talk. We must have the highest standards of morality, ethics and integrity if we are to continue to have influence.”
“Whether chocolate or vanilla, or you're somewhere in between, A cappuccino mocha or a caramel queen, Rejected by the black, not accepted by the white world, And this is dedicated to them dark-skinned white girls.”

Source : Song: Dark Skinned White Girl
“Working with Tracy Morgan on '30 Rock' is really great. I love Tracy. He's wonderful. Well, until his fish tank caught fire - his apartment burned up and flooded my apartment. We live in the same building, but I'm eight floors below him and we had to evacuate.”

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