"With that malignant envy which turns pale, And sickens, even if a friend prevail."

-- Charles Churchill

#Envy Quotes #Pale Quotes #Turns Quotes

“Leave the door open for the unknown, the door into the dark. Thatâ€™s where the most important things come from, where you yourself came from, and where you will go.”

Source : Rebecca Solnit (2006). “A Field Guide to Getting Lost”, p.7, Penguin
“I feel happier knowing a starting point came from me. And I like stuff that gives you a physical reaction.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“The objections to religion are of two sorts - intellectual and moral. The intellectual objection is that there is no reason to suppose any religion true; the moral objection is that religious precepts date from a time when men were more cruel than they are and therefore tend to perpetuate inhumanities which the moral conscience of the age would otherwise outgrow.”
“The routine promotion of condoms through advertising has been stopped by networks who are so hypocritically priggish that they refuse to describe disease control as they promote disease transmission.”
“A lot of people resent that I've been in someone's life for 50 years. Why shouldn't people have an affection for me and what I've done? Didn't I have to be genuine for them to buy into what I did? There are children who grow up today who will not have that when they're 55 years old. With whom will they have it? Name an example for me.”
“Obstacles are challenges for winners and excuses for losers.”
“You just have those days. You just allow yourself to have those days. I think everybody has bad days. So because of that, when you recognize it, just allow it to be. It is what it is. I don't think you should ever stifle your frustration, ever.”

Source : Interview with Paul Eide, www.askmen.com. February 27, 2016.
“Everyone's brain works in a different way. I didn't feel smart in school; I just didn't get it. I thought I was an idiot. Until I got out.”

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