"How long did it take for a past to die?"

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Source : Richard Matheson (1954). “I Am Legend”, Greenwich, Connecticut : Fawcett

Richard Matheson

#Past Quotes #Long Quotes

“Dictatorships foster oppression, dictatorships foster servitude, dictatorships foster cruelty; more abominable is the fact that they foster idiocy.”

Source : Statement to the Argentine Society of Letters, 1946.
“The Buddha taught some people the teachings of duality that help them avoid sin and acquire spiritual merit. To others he taught non-duality, that some find profoundly frightening.”
“While it is probably a poor idea to own actively managed funds in general, it is truly a terrible idea to own them in taxable accounts... taxes are a drag on performance of up to 4 percentage points each year... many index funds allow your capital gains to grow largely undisturbed until you sell... For the taxable investor, indexing means never having to say you're sorry.”
“God speaks in the silence of the heart, and we listen. And then we speak to God from the fullness of our heart, and God listens. And this listening and this speaking is what prayer is meant to be....”
“Tell the truth so as to puzzle and confound your adversaries.”

Source : "Fiske WordPower: The Exclusive System to Learn, Not Just Memorize, Essential Words". Book by Edward Fiske et al., 2006.
“I smoked this joint and then it hit me. I thought, what you gotta do is play your own simply blues.”
“Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.”
“The hills are alive with the sound of music, with songs they have sung for a thousand years.”

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