"Ennui is the desire of activity without the fit means of gratifying the desire."

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Source : George Bancroft (1855). “Literary and historical miscellanies”, p.48

George Bancroft

#Mean Quotes #Desire Quotes #Fit Quotes

“It seems to be impossible to hold a credible election without reforming the electoral system.”
“Genuine forgiveness is participation, reunion overcoming the powers of estrangement. . . We cannot love unless we have accepted forgiveness, and the deeper our experience of forgiveness is, the greater is our love.”

Source : Paul Tillich (2005). “The New Being”, p.10, U of Nebraska Press
“The question is grateful to who? Â You would think grateful to Allah, but Allah didnâ€™t mention Himself. Â So it could be grateful to Allah, grateful to your parents, grateful to your teachers, grateful for your health, grateful to friends. Â Grateful to anyone whoâ€™s done anything for you. Â Grateful to your employer for giving you a job. Â Appreciative. Â Grateful is not just an act of saying Alhamdulilah. Â Grateful is an attitude, itâ€™s a lifestyle, itâ€™s a way of thinking. Youâ€™re constantly grateful.”
“I'd rather live forever in Heaven than a place where there's terrorism and hate.”

Source : Source: www.ign.com
“I'm a big fan of Steven Seagal early films. On Deadly Ground, I'll watch that anytime it comes on. That's one of the reasons I wanted to work with him. I remember that he's got a great eye for photography. There was a lot that I learned from that.”
“I have seen him set fire to his wigwam and smooth over the graves of his fathers... clap his hand in silence over his mouth, and take the last look over his fair hunting ground, and turn his face in sadness to the setting sun.”

Source : George Catlin (1841). “The Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North-American Indians, by Geo. Catlin: With Four Hundred Illustrations, Etched and Outlined, from His Original Paintings Now Exhibiting in His Indian Museum, Egyptian Hall, London”, p.156
“To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.”
“Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.”

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