"People as a rule do mean much more than they understand."

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Source : Glenway Wescott (1940). “The pilgrim hawk: a love story”

Glenway Wescott

#Mean Quotes #People Quotes

“My mom is in her mid-60s and has more energy and is more youthful than any human being I know. It's pretty incredible.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I think guitar-wise, Eric Clapton was a big influence on me. I got to spend time around him. He's kind of strange, mysterious, serious and he always has played such hot guitar.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization.”
“A summons home to the nature that nourishes the best human qualities of creativity, intelligence, connection, and compassion.”
“Can I read it? They really liked it when I did it.”
“All I am saying is that anyone can do this. Anyone can ask and anyone can bless, whether anyone has authorized you to do it or not. All I am saying is that the world needs you to do this, because there is a real shortage of people willing to kneel wherever they are and recognize the holiness holding its sometimes bony, often tender, always life-giving hand above their heads. That we are able to bless one another at all is evidence that we have been blessed, whether we can remember when or not. That we are willing to bless one another is miracle enough to stagger the very stars.”
“If we all can figure out how to work together then we are the embodiment of salvation for our entire planet. We have the capabilities of it. That's the gist of it.”
“I don't live in the fast lane I live on the off ramp.”

Source : "Hockey Shorts: 1,001 of the games funniest one liners". Book by Glenn Liebman, October 1, 1996.

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