"It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate."

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Eric Hoffer

#Hope Quotes #People Quotes #Opiates Quotes

“Then a homeless man with a dog approached us and put his hand out. This happens to be something that I have a real problem with: homeless people with pets who approach you for food when they have a perfectly delicious dog standing right there?”

Source : Chelsea Handler (2012). “Are you there Vodka? It's me, Chelsea”, p.239, Random House
“When I'm on a break from writing, I'll log on to Amazon and eBay. The doorbell is constantly being rung by deliverymen.”
“For my senior year, I'm home schooled. It's working well with the acting. Juggling school with the acting is hard, but you know, what can you do?”

Source : "SXSW FUTURES | Indie World is Smitten with High School Senior and ‘Electrick Children’ Star Julia Garner". Interview with Bryce J. Renninger, www.indiewire.com. March 16, 2012.
“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.”

Source : Jane Jacobs (2016). “The Death and Life of Great American Cities”, p.238, Vintage
“Have you ever, looking up, seen a cloud like to a Centaur, a Part, or a Wolf, or a Bull?”
“Since when does absence of evidence equate to evidence of absence?”
“No, I donâ€™t live in heartache. I donâ€™t cry myself to sleep or any of that. I am, I tell myself, over it. But I do feel a void, icky as that sounds. Andâ€”like it or notâ€”I still think about her every single day.”
“Ye flowers that drop, forsaken by the spring, Ye birds that, left by summer, cease to sing, Ye trees that fade, when Autumn heats remove, Say, is not absence death to those who love?”

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