"Stale artifacts of the past' are always 'active components of the present moment' when they are experienced in the present moment."

-- Walter Darby Bannard

#Past Quotes #Moments Quotes #Tradition Quotes

“Since we're neither at the bottom nor at the top, we must be in the middle.”
“We salvage what we can, what truly matters to us, even at the gates of despair.”

Source : Guy Gavriel Kay (2001). “Summer Tree, The: Book One of the Fionavar Tapestry”, p.126, Penguin
“I know what it's like to pine away for that summer romance you just can't get back.”
“When you have a hammer, all problems start to look like nails. But nations without great military power face the opposite danger: When you don't have a hammer, you don't want anything to look like nails.”
“Tyranny may creep in under the outward forms of traditional law.”
“Mormons... are so strong, they can handle wealth, they are confident. I think it is because they are not bogged down by rules for equality, but have a firmly defined system of relative status and responsible command.”
“I won the parental lottery. Most of the kids I grew up with either came from really fractured homes, or really violent ones. I went home to a very traditional, good Irish Catholic family.”
“You have to be positive, and I'm not just talking about athletics, this also applies to life.”

Source : "Sheryl Swoopes' finishing move". Interview with Adena Andrews, www.espn.com. June 20, 2011.

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