"Human beings need to belong to a tradition and equally need to know about the world in which they find themselves."

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Source : Paula Gunn Allen (2015). “The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions”, p.94, Open Road Media

Paula Gunn Allen

#World Quotes #Needs Quotes #Tradition Quotes

“Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach.”
“If you only ever read one book in your life ... I highly recommend you keep your mouth shut”

Source : "How To Live". Book by Simon Munnery, 2005.
“They say that when you're about to die, your life flashes before your eyes. They never tell you that when you watch someone you once loved dying, hovering between this life and the next, it's twice as painful, because you're reliving two lives that traveled one road together.”

Source : Becca Fitzpatrick (2015). “Black Ice”, p.361, Simon and Schuster
“Writing has often been accompanied by terror, silences, and then wild bursts of private laughter that suddenly make all the dread seem worthwhile.”
“Don't let us rejoice in punishment, even when the hand of God alone inflicts it. The best of us are but poor wretches, just saved from shipwreck. Can we feel anything but awe and pity when we see a fellow-passenger swallowed by the waves?”
“A president cannot make decision on what someone might know in the future.”
“Analyses of the movie marketplace points to an interesting phenomenon: High-profile movies are continuing to do well year-to-year in the U.S. and overseas - this past summer, for example, the top 10 movies registered at the same level as in '04.”
“There are millions to be grabbed out here and your only competition is idiots. Don't let thisget around.”

Source : Cable toBenHecht in the earlydays ofHollywood.Quotedin the NewYork Times, 8 Jan1993.

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