"I know sometimes tragic or humiliating events propel you into a better life, I've experienced that for sure, but it still hurts. It still burns. I think sometimes it hurts more because you can't wish it had never happened. It improved your life in the long run."

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Source : Autumn de Wilde (2007). “Elliott Smith”, p.61, Chronicle Books

Autumn de Wilde

#Running Quotes #Hurt Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I can paint until I'm forty. After that I intend to dry up.”

Source : San Diego Museum of Art, Nora Desloge, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Phillip Dennis Cate, Julia Frey (1989). “Toulouse-Lautrec: the Baldwin M. Baldwin Collection, San Diego Museum of Art”, Museum
“As technology continues to increase our possibilities, what we're seeing is a shrinking of the lag time between what we dream about and what we create.”
“The global economic outlook remains fragile and uncertain. Global economic imbalances persist and we must address them or risk future instability.”
“Dear and most respected bookcase! I welcome your existence, which has for over one hundred years been devoted to the radiant ideals of goodness and justice.”
“I recurred on 'Grey's Anatomy' for three years, and at the same time, I recurred for eight episodes on 'Rescue Me'. And I'd recurred for nine episodes on 'The Practice'. Frankly, the guest star is often the most compelling character.”
“I never wanted to do biography just to tell the life of a famous man. I always wanted to use the life of a man to examine political power, because democracy shapes our lives”

Source : FaceBook post by Robert A. Caro from Aug 26, 2011
“There are two kinds of cryptography in this world: cryptography that will stop your kid sister from reading your files, and cryptography that will stop major governments from reading your files.”

Source : Bruce Schneier (1996). “Applied cryptography: protocols, algorithms, and source code in C”, John Wiley & Sons Inc
“I can only think of one experience which might exceed in interest a few hours spent under water, and that would be a journey to Mars.”

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