"There is a wilful lemming-like persistance in remaking past successes time after time. They can't make them as good as they are in our memories, but they go on doing them and each time it's a disaster. Why don't we remake some of our bad pictures - I'd love another shot at 'Roots of Heaven' - and make them good?"

-- John Huston

#Memories Quotes #Past Quotes #Roots Quotes

“Obama and his associates are fantastic campaigners but have little ability or skill to govern.”

Source : "Edward Klein on 'The Amateur,' Obama's Faith". Interview with Paul Stanley, www.christianpost.com. May 30, 2012.
“Tyranny is the exercise of some power over a man, which is not warranted by law, or necessary for the public safety. A people can never be deprived of their liberties, while they retain in their own hands, a power sufficient to any other power in the state.”
“Our expensive welfare state is fueled by the destructive notion that 'greed' is when you want to keep your own money but 'compassion' is when you want to take somebody else's.”
“Of all the unbearable nuisances, the ignoramus that has traveled is the worst.”
“They like to tell us that it is important to speak the truth, but it has been my experience that real happiness lies in having people tell you what you want to believe, usually not the same thing at all, and if you have to stub your toe on the truth later, so be it.”
“Bella: "Should I be afraid?" Edward: "Terrified."”
“O reputation! dearer far than life.”
“I always say nothing you can imagine is totally impossible. It might be unlikely, but that's as far as I'll go.”

Source : Emily Rodda (1989). “The Pigs Are Flying”, Camelot

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