"The expression 'there is nothing like the good old days' does not mean that fewer bad things happened before, but fortunately, that people tend to forget about them."

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Ernesto Sabato

#Mean Quotes #Expression Quotes #People Quotes

“Evan Handler is not only a fine actor, heâ€™s a damn good writer. Itâ€™s Only Temporary is wise and funny and as righteously indignant as it is endearingly self-effacing. In what may be a literary first, the book actually left me wanting more.”
“A book is always a dialogue with other readers and other books.”
“Now the 21st century approaches and with it the inevitability of change. We must wonder if the American people will find renewal and rejuvenation within themselves, will discover again their capacity for innovation and adaptation. If not, alas, the nation's future will be shaped by sightless forces of history over which Americans will have no control.”
“Precedents are the disgrace of legislation. They are not wanted to justify right measures, are absolutely insufficient to excuse wrong ones. They can only be useful to heralds, dancing masters, and gentlemen ushers.”
“I am just a dreamer, but you are just a dream”
“Your intention to love, no matter what, is the absolute key to happiness.”
“Look, we live in a very dangerous world. We know there are people who want to take away our freedoms. New Yorkers probably know that as much if not more than anybody else after the terrible tragedy of 9/11.”
“One thing is clear, the president of North Vietnam is not a fanatic. He is a very strong and determined man, but capable of listening, something that is very rare in a person of his position.”

Source : "Martin Niemöller, 1892-1984" by James Bentley, (p. 225), 1984.

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