"As in everything else, I find that age is not good for much, that one becomes deafer and less sensitive. Also, the higher up the mountain you climb, the less of a view you get. A mist closes in and cheats you of the hoped-for and expected opportunity to see far and wide ..."

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Source : Käthe Kollwitz, Hans Kollwitz (1988). “The Diary and Letters of Kaethe Kollwitz”, p.164, Northwestern University Press

Kathe Kollwitz

#Opportunity Quotes #Views Quotes #Age Quotes

“Society evolves not by shouting each other down, but by the unique capacity of unique, individual human beings to comprehend each other.”
“Now it is the least developed world who are not responsible for this climate change phenomenon that bore the brunt of climate change consequences so it is morally and politically correct that the developed world who made this climate change be responsible by providing financial support and technological support to these people.”
“Songwriting is like a therapy, it's a connection that you have with another person, and I'm not scared of it at all for some reason.”
“For me any moment in front of a crowd is embarrassing, because I can't stand being in front of people. I'm probably one of the worst public speakers. I try to avoid it, but there are times when it's just too rude not to do it. But there really isn't a moment that's not embarrassing for me if I'm going to stand up in front of a crowd.”

Source : "Interview With “Kyle XY” Actress Jaimie Alexander". Interview with Linda Craddock, www.sliceofscifi.com. January 17, 2008.
“Losing strengthens you. It reveals your weaknesses so you can fix them”
“The last sound on the worthless earth will be two human beings trying to launch a homemade spaceship and already quarreling about where they are going next.”
“I have never met a person in whom I did not see myself reflected.”
“Almost any seat was comfortable at one-sixth of a gravity.”

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