"Love contending with friendship, and self with each generous impulse. To and fro in his breast his thoughts were heaving and dashing, As in a foundering ship."

-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#Life Quotes #Self Quotes #Ships Quotes

“Look, I really do not care about you. What I care about is the worlds that you bear witness to. You are nothing more than a dog with a video camera strapped on its back. As you walk the streets looking for a place to mate or piss or eat, the camera is on and we will see the world because of you... You carry the camera and we enjoy the world. (On images as autobiography)”
“Impossible mountains are climbed by those who have the self confidence that comes from truly being loved.”

Source : H. Burke Peterson (1986). “A glimpse of glory”, Bookcraft, Incorporated
“You proclaim that one should die for the highest virtues, because you take it for granted that nobody's been living for them, not even for a single hour.”
“...you think back to Tele players, and James Burton was the one who started it all. He inspired Roy Nichols (guitar for Merle Haggard & the Strangers), Don Rich (guitar for Buck Owens & the Buckaroos), and guys like that to push the envelope and expand on that sound... I really identify with that kind of thinking ... those guys to me are the reason why any of us do this..”
“Because there is no nation so powerful it cannot be wounded, nor a people so small they cannot offer mighty comfort.”
“At their best, religious and spiritual communities help us discover this pure and naked spiritual encounter. At their worst, they simply make us more ashamed, pressuring us to cover up more, pushing us to further enhance our image with the best designer labels and latest spiritual fads, weighing us down with layer upon layer of heavy, uncomfortable, pretentious, well-starched religiosity.”
“Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter is that the Ten Commandments are a historical document that contains moral, ethical, and legal truisms that any person of any religion or even an atheist can recognize and appreciate.”
“I like the tube more than the NY subway though, you've got cushioned seats.”

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