"I think it is one of the most extraordinary elections, a turning point for our country and for the world. That remarkable young man [Barack Obama] has kept his demeanor, kept his temperament and has shown a power to inspire. I see what energy that he has inspired among the young. Well, it inspires us old goats too."

-- David McCullough

#Country Quotes #Men Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“The man who has received a benefit ought always to remember it, but he who has granted it ought to forget the fact at once.”

Source : "Dictionary of foreign phrases and classical quotations" by Hugh Percy Jones, (p. 140), 1908.
“You are the sky. The clouds are what happens, what comes and goes.”
“It is true that I didn't write any poetry between 1995 and 2011. The reason for this was probably because I had stayed away from fiction for so long and couldn't tear myself away from it.”
“I have not broken your heart - you have broken it; and in breaking it, you have broken mine.”
“I see you watching me like a hawk. I don't mind about the things you talk. But if you touch me something's got to give. I live the life I love and I love the life I live.”
“Praise or damn as you please, but do so rather flatly, pragmatically, with cunning attention to annoying or gratifying details. Be yourself. Be unique. Be a good editor. The Universe needs more good editors, God knows.”
“I am one of the writers who wish to create serious works of literature which dissociate themselves from those novels which are mere reflections of the vast consumer cultures of Tokyo and the subcultures of the world at large.”
“He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.”

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