"We live today in a world in which nobody believes choices should have consequences. But may I tell you the great secret that our culture seeks to deny? You cannot escape the consequences of your choices. Time runs in only one direction."

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Source : Stephen L. Carter (2002). “The Emperor of Ocean Park”, Knopf

Stephen L. Carter

#Running Quotes #Time Quotes #Believe Quotes

“I sort of became infatuated with soldiers. I got to know some of them and got a little perturbed with Hollywood making a spectacle out of them and making them look like they have screwed up somehow.”
“I thought I'd never do film, let alone television. I was a diehard theater nut.”
“Today's top players only want to play in London or for Manchester United. That's what happened when I tried to sign Alan Shearer and he went to Blackburn.”
“The founders of the great world religions, Gautama Buddha, Jesus, Lao-Tzu, Mohammed, all seem to have striven for a worldwide brotherhood of man; but none of them could develop institutions which would include the enemy, the unbeliever.”
“If honey bees become extinct, human society will follow in four years.”
“I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way about me.”
“You always want to start with a bang and put your best food forward.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“If you have a friend with a blond mustache, he wants to touch you.”

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