"Dates are convenient hooks on which we can hang our memories of events. But history is all about people - people like you and me who did things to change the world."

-- Joan Lowery Nixon

#Memories Quotes #People Quotes #Events Quotes

“I grew up in a big family with a lot of kids around, and I definitely want to have children as well.”
“I know that the nice shines I have on is going to pass. The nice cars will pass. All that will stay is the music and the work. That's where I get the inspiration to help people out and work”
“There is a big cry in California to stop everyone from running to Canada.”
“When I want to relax, I plop down on my couch and watch some great movie, usually a British drama - anything with Colin Firth.”
“I designed a bench in a few moments. But, of course, it took me 25 years to do it.”
“Unruly beings are as unlimited as space They cannot possibly all be overcome, But if I overcome thoughts of anger alone This will be equivalent to vanquishing all foes. Where would I possibly find enough leather With which to cover the surface of the earth? But (wearing) leather just on the soles of my shoes Is equivalent to covering the earth with it. Likewise it is not possible for me To restrain the external course of things; But should I restrain this mind of mine What would be the need to restrain all else?”
“The most baleful mischiefs may be expected from the unmanly conduct of not daring to face truth because it is unpleasing.”

Source : Thomas Malthus (2015). “An Essay on the Principle of Population and Other Writings”, p.159, Penguin UK
“Dream and deed are not as different as many think. All the deeds of men are dreams at first, and become dreams in the end.”

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