"Men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please; they do not make it under circumstances chosen by themselves, but under circumstances directly encountered, given and transmitted from the past. The tradition of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living."

-- Karl Marx

#Men Quotes #Past Quotes #Brain Quotes

“What we know is that Shakespeare wrote perhaps the most remarkable body of passionate love poetry in the English language to a young man.”
“In playing the part of Mammy, I tried to make her a living, breathing character, the way she appeared to me in the book”
“I just became a stronger agnostic, and then I started to realize that everyone who was saying they were agnostic really hadn't thought about it that much. Still, I went with agnosticism for a long, long time because I just hated to say I was an atheist -- being an atheist seemed so rigid. But the more I became comfortable with the word, and the more I read, it started to stick.”

Source : Source: www.sheknows.com
“Readers embrace all kinds of characters as long as they are written with emotional truth.”
“I have a notebook that is filled to the brim with my dreams and ideas and goals and aspirations.”
“With a clear mind that is reinforcing positivity back into myself and my craft, I am able to focus my energy on the task at hand and enjoy my experiences and day.”
“It is with children that we have the best chance of studying the development of logical knowledge, mathematical knowledge, physical knowledge, and so forth.”

Source : Richard Isadore Evans, Jean Piaget (1973). “Dialogue with Jean Piaget”, Praeger Publishers
“Funest philosophers and ponderers, Their evocations are the speech of clouds.”

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