"People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them."

-- James A. Baldwin

#Wisdom Quotes #People Quotes #History Quotes

“When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from my window, not so much to spare him the effort of acknowledging me as to spare myself the embarrassment of seeing that he has not done so.”
“I think Americans want to believe in this country again.”
“I think that indicates why men tend to invest more wealth. If he loses some, there's more coming in. Whereas for women, it's like "Ugh, I gotta keep this."”

Source : "Sallie Krawcheck of Ellevest and the Gender Investing Gap". Interview With Denver Frederick, www.denver-frederick.com. August 18, 2016.
“People like me start organizing conferences and editing journals, even become tenured professors talking about Empire of the Senseless with a bunch of wide-eyed kids from the farmland. If only one of those kids goes back home and lets her hogs out of the pen to go plum wild rolling around in their own slop while the neighboring farmers scratch their chins, then, isn't that worth it? Insert the same scenario with stockbrokers, stock-car drivers, and stock characters in the post-baccalaureate working man's sideshow, and well, that's viral reproduction.”

Source : Source: www.raintaxi.com
“For me, rather than the language, the Hollywood system of making movies was a tremendous learning experience.”
“Instead of committing suicide, people go to work.”

Source : Thomas Bernhard (2013). “Correction: A Novel”, p.244, Vintage
“Grieve not that I die young. Is it not well to pass away ere life hath lost its brightness?”

Source : Swan Song
“If the destination is heaven, why do we scramble to be first in line for hell?”

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