"Remember, we know the end of the story of World War II and the Cold War. But day by day, living in fear of the Nazis and then in fear of the Soviets, the outcome was by no means certain."

-- Christopher Bond

#War Quotes #Mean Quotes #Stories Quotes

“Like many a modern parent, I had no clear notion of how to help my most troubled child.”
“Ted Lewis could make the clarinet talk. What it said was put me back in the case!”
“When I was a kid I thought I saw a ghost in the forest when I was on a bush walk, like a walk through the forest. I saw something weird pass from one side of the track to the other, and it was sort of a white, blurry... it's hard to describe, really, something that was almost see-through but it just moved in front of me. It was definitely something you could tell was there, and it really freaked me out. I think I was probably 10, and I ran all the way home.”
“If you don't pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves.”
“I love the art of acting, so I don't care if I'm in a movie with 10 people, two people, or by myself. I just really enjoy it.”

Source : "Taraji P. Henson Talks THINK LIKE A MAN, PERSON OF INTEREST, Upcoming NO GOOD DEED, and Her Wish to Play Either Whitney Houston or a Superhero". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 16, 2012.
“It is utterly soothing to fly fish for trout. All other considerations or worries drift away and you couldn't keep them close if you wanted. Perhaps it's standing thigh deep in a river with the water passing at the exact but varying speed of life. You easily recognize this mortality and it dissipates into the landscape.”

Source : Jim Harrison (2007). “True North”, p.157, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“At that time a senator who was on the Joint Committee of Atomic Energy said rather quietly, 'You know, we're having a little problem with waste these days.' I didn't know what he meant then, but I know now.”
“I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.”

Source : Quoted in Peter Passell and Leonard Ross, The Best (1974)

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