"The past does not repeat itself, but it rhymes."

-- Mark Twain

#Past Quotes #History Quotes #Doe Quotes

“Any of us are capable of doing things we're not proud of under the wrong kind of stresses.”

Source : "Writer Bill James". "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. May 20, 2011.
“In the fabric of space and in the nature of matter, as in a great work of art, there is, written small, the artist's signature.”
“A good relationship is like fireworks: loud, explosive, and liable to maim you if you hold on too long.”

Source : "Number 1274: Guy Fawkes Day Works Too". Webcomic by Jeph Jacques, www.questionablecontent.net.
“I am Ubik. Before the universe was, I am. I made the suns. I made the worlds. I created the lives and the places they inhabit; I move them here, I put them there. They go as I say, then do as I tell them. I am the word and my name is never spoken, the name which no one knows. I am called Ubik, but that is not my name. I am. I shall always be.”
“I hate women who say they can eat whatever they want, because I don't relate to that at all. It isn't fair! I absolutely live for food.”
“Not only does the psyche exist, but it is existence itself. It is an almost absurd prejudice to suppose that existence can only be physical...We might well say, on the contrary, that physical existence is a mere inference, since we know of matter only in so far as we perceive psychic images mediated by the senses.”
“September 11 definitely opened our eyes, but when I was 19 or whatever on the last record, we just didn't care about anything. We were too young to care about anything. And then as you get older, you don't really have any excuse to be stupid anymore, to be in the dark. That just kind of opened everyone's eyes (which I probably wish it did to more people) that there's obviously something wrong, to try and figure out what it is and what's going on in the world.”
“I swear I have never told a player to attack another player. In fact, I have told my players if they ever hear me saying something like this, they can break a stick over my skull. I ask only that they play aggressively.”

Source : HHOF Time Capsule - The 70s - Great Teams - Philadelphia Flyers, Hockey Hall of Fame, 1973-1976.

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