"We appeal, not to those who reject today in the name of a return to yesterday, not to those who are hopelessly deafened by today; we appeal to those who see the distant tomorrow -- and judge today in the name of tomorrow."

-- Yevgeny Zamyatin

#Yesterday Quotes #Names Quotes #Judging Quotes

“What is truth? Truth doesn't really exist. Who is going to judge whether my experience of an incident is more valid than yours? No one can be trusted to be the judge of that.”

Source : Interview with Stephan Collishaw, www.believermag.com. April 2004.
“I hate commas in the wrong places.”
“Since my life as a prisoner has begun I have heard the teachings of the white man's religion, and in many respects believe it to be better than the religion of my fathers”

Source : Geronimo (2010). “My Life: The Autobiography of Geronimo”, p.153, Fireship Press
“I always said, 'A blind dog with three legs could get a standing ovation for singing 'I'm Still Here!''”

Source : "'Night Music''s Polly Bergen is Back in Baltimore". Interview with James Howard, www.broadwayworld.com. March 27, 2008.
“How many times do I have to say it? â€¦ Well, it can't be any clearer than 'I've never taken drugs.'”
“There are three necessary elements in a story - exposition, development, and drama. Exposition we may illustrate as "John Fortescue was a solicitor in the little town of X"; development as "One day Mrs Fortescue told him she was about to leave him for another man"; and drama as "You will do nothing of the kind," he said.”
“I'm trying to grow. I don't want to stay on the same page.”
“Ordinary facts are arranged within time, strung along its length as on a thread. There they have their antecedents and their consequences, which crowd tightly together and press hard one upon the other without any pause. This has its importance for any narrative, of which continuity and successiveness are the soul.”

Source : Bruno Schulz, Jonathan Safran Foer, David Goldfarb (2008). “The street of crocodiles and other stories”, Penguin Classics

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