"Time has an undertaking establishment on every block and drives his coffin nails faster than the steam riveters rivet or the stenographers type or the tickers tick out fours and eights and dollar signs and ciphers."

-- John Dos Passos

#Death Quotes #Time Quotes #Block Quotes

“Some people say vaulting is like riding a bike-but not for me. I have to put in a lot of days to feel confident in what I'm doing.”
“I sure tried to help deliver compromise, consensus, bipartisanship.”
“Develop your own compass, and trust it. Take risks, dare to fail, remember the first person through the wall always gets hurt.”

Source : Aaron Sorkin's Commencement Address at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, news.syr.edu. May 13, 2012.
“A pretty little collection of weaknesses and a terror of spiders are our indispensable stock-in-trade with the men.”
“When things fall apart in your life, you feel as if your whole world is crumbling. But actually itâ€™s your fixed identity thatâ€™s crumbling. And as ChÃ¶gyam Trungpa used to tell us, thatâ€™s cause for celebration.”
“I love acting, so it's easy when you have a passion for it. I've always found the harder you work, the luckier you get.”
“There's a beauty to forgiveness, especially forgiveness that goes beyond rationality. Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great & powerful one”

Source : A. J. Jacobs (2008). “The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible”, p.275, Simon and Schuster
“Although cyber attacks have caused billions of dollars in damage and affected the lives of millions, few if any can be characterised as acts of terrorism.”

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