"What we insistently desire, over time, is what we become."

-- Neal A. Maxwell

“Winning is very tangible, it's very exciting, it's very pleasing, but it's momentary. If you can do things that last, that each generation can build upon, then that's when you're cooking.”
“There are too many books I havenâ€™t read, too many places I havenâ€™t seen, too many memories I havenâ€™t kept long enough.”

Source : Herbert Kline, Irwin Shaw (1985). “New theatre and film, 1934 to 1937: an anthology”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
“Fondly we think we honor merit then, when we but praise ourselves in other men.”
“The bicycle is a former child's toy that has now been elevated to icon status because, presumably, it can move the human form from pillar to post without damage to the environment.”
“I came to Paris with four Ã©cus in my pocket, and Iâ€™d have fought with anybody who told me I was in no condition to buy the Louvre.”
“Evolution isn't true, because if we evolved from monkeys, how can they still be here?”
“Do not allow yourself to suppress your thoughts. Instead, let the thoughts come before you and become a sort of observer. Start observing your own mind. Do not try to escape; do not be afraid of your thinking.”
“I happen to know at least a hundred Sudanese refugees in the United States, all of whom were taken in by white families and white churches, and they all tell me''Naima, you were blessed to be raised by Black Americans.'”

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