"I came home at dusk with my ears ringing from the quiet."

-- Tim Winton

#Home Quotes #Ears Quotes #Quiet Quotes

“To will the obligatory in relation to death is to fall in line with the major immutable cycles of Nature, especially human nature, and to understand that (whether or not there is a purpose or meaning to life or a life of the spirit beyond the life of the body) no one, absolutely no one, escapes being finite and mortal. And knowing this, and then to accept it, to will it, and not to be in an unnecessary state of angst or rebellion or terror over it.”
“The English are good at bad guys - the James Bond-style villain, cunning, slow-burning. The Americans are much more obvious about it.”
“At my first Golden Globes, I met people I was very much enamored by: Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. It was surreal to see them in person.”

Source : "Jesse Tyler Ferguson Dishes About Tie The Knot, Making The Award-Show Rounds And The Biggest ‘Modern Family’ Diva". Interview with Matthew Jacobs, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 26, 2013.
“I didn't miss out on a family life because of racing. I had one because of it.”
“Love and a sense of calmness are the only things you need to bring to the experience of death.”

Source : Sandra Ingerman, Hank Wesselman (2010). “Awakening to the Spirit World: The Shamanic Path of Direct Revelation”, p.202, Sounds True
“For those who are lost, there will always be cities that feel like home.”

Source : Simon van Booy (2014). “Everything Beautiful Began After”, p.16, Oneworld Publications
“Most of the people I've been fortunate enough to work with all share the same passion for creativity, for ingenuity, for playing make-believe and really just having fun. It doesn't matter if we're blowing up cars, or shooting an emotional scene in a police station, deep inside we all know our imaginations are at work, and our imaginations are manifesting into reality - at least momentarily for the cameras to capture.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“As it often happens that the best men are but little known, and consequently cannot extend the usefulness of their examples a great way, the biographer is of great utility, as, by communicating such valuable patterns to the world, he may perhaps do a more extensive service to mankind than the person whose life originally afforded the pattern.”

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