"I do not know which makes a man more conservative - to know nothing but the present, or nothing but the past."

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John Maynard Keynes

#Past Quotes #Men Quotes #Conservative Quotes

“To have read the greatest works of any great poet, to have beheld or heard the greatest works of any great painter or musician, is a possession added to the best things of life.”
“Sometimes some of the toughest things you deal with end up being the best things because you realize the people that you can rely on, that love you and support you through it.”

Source : Tom Brady Press Conference at Gillette Stadium, www.courant.com. January 22, 2015.
“To seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instincts when action is called for. Never to avoid danger from fear, never to seek out danger for its own sake. Never to conform to fashion from fear of eccentricity, never to be eccentric from fear of conformity.”

Source : Steven Brust (2003). “The Paths of the Dead: Book One of the Viscount of Adrilankha”, p.98, Macmillan
“One choice can transform you!”
“Most of my conscious efforts have ended in embarrassing failure...”
“Early experience shapes the structure and function of the brain. This reveals the fundamental way in which gene expression is determined by experience.”

Source : Daniel J. Siegel (2015). “The Developing Mind: How Relationships and the Brain Interact to Shape Who We Are”, p.112, Guilford Publications
“Whatever sphere of the human mind you may select for your special study, whether it be language, or religion, or mythology, or philosophy, whether it be laws or customs, primitive art or primitive science, everywhere, you have to go to India, whether you like it or not, because some of the most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India, and in India only.”

Source : Max Muller (1999). “India: What Can it Teach Us?”, p.33, Book Tree
“I was envious of [Vincent] Van Gogh because I could never make a painting that beautiful! (Ridiculous, I know.) That was when the character of Ivy [Wilkes] began to take shape for me.”

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