"Nothing easier. One step beyond the pole, you see, and the north wind becomes a south one."

-- Robert Peary

#Wind Quotes #Steps Quotes #Easier Quotes

“We ought not to have to wait for sorrow before we can appreciate the sweetness of joy.”
“I made a mental note to watch which bottle became empty soonest, sometimes a more telling evaluation system than any other.”

Source : Gerald Asher (2012). “A Carafe of Red”, p.146, Univ of California Press
“All progressive thought has assumed tacitly that human beings desire nothing beyond ease, security and avoidance of pain ... Hitler, because in his joyless mind he feels it with exceptional strength, knows that human beings don't only want comfort, safety, short working-hours, hygiene, birth-control and, in general, common sense; they also, at least intermittently, want struggle and self-sacrifice, not to mention drums, flags and loyalty-parades. However they may be as economic theories, Fascism and Nazism are psychologically far sounder than any hedonistic conception of life.”
“I played almost four hours today, ... Im very, very tired.”
“Sorrow is a stone that crushes a single bearer to the ground, while two are able to carry it with ease.”
“One of the most important things about leadership is that you have to have the kind of humility that will allow you to be coached.”
“Don't bother me while I'm eating, or when I'm coming out of the crackhouse or something. Just let me get going.”

Source : Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. October 20, 2004.
“I don't watch television and I rarely go to the cinema, but I recently watched 'The King's Speech' on a flight. It was so beautiful and so simple.”

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