"If history moves forward, knowledge of it travels backwards, so that in writing of our own recent past we are continually meeting ourselves coming the other way."

-- Terry Eagleton

#Moving Quotes #Writing Quotes #Past Quotes

“We must powder our wigs; that is why so many poor people have no bread.”
“AÂ true champion is not judged by how much he or she is admired, but by how well they can stand at the face of adversity.”
“I do not go on my Wikipedia page. There's just too much weird information on there for me to pick apart.”

Source : "Amos Lee sings of love, loss and hope". Interview with Denise Quan, www.cnn.com. January 18, 2011.
“I feel like weed is still taboo enough to be cool but not taboo enough that you have to totally hide it, which is like a pretty good place for an entity to be at.”

Source : Source: brightestyoungthings.com
“If you are quiet on the bench you will just get swallowed up. It is like a mosh pit.”
“It'd be interesting to see a film from an alien perspective. Maybe we're the weird ones.”

Source : "Talking About Aliens with Lizzie Brocheré". Interview with Mark Svartz, www.esquire.com. October 16, 2012.
“Come back, true love! Sweet youth, return!â€” But time goes on, and will, unheeding, Though hands will reach, and eyes will yearn, And the wild days set true hearts bleeding.”
“Prison widens your circle of friends. In my stand-up, I can now talk about things that no one else has the right to touch.”

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