"Pessimism is the affectation of youth, the reality of age."

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Ellen Glasgow

#Reality Quotes #Age Quotes #Youth Quotes

“The only absolute truth is that there are no absolute truths.”
“A second type of direct evidence is formed by statements, whether as formal legends or personal information, regarding the age or relative sequence of events in tribal history made by the natives themselves.”
“I'm ashamed to say this, but I watched every episode of 'Starsky and Hutch' as a kid. I loved that show, but now I think it's stupid - they'd have a car chase for no reason, then Paul Michael Glaser would shoot the car and it would blow up.”

Source : "Wright vs. Black". www.esquire.com. April 27, 2007.
“Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature.”
“The ghostly presence of virtual particles defies rational common sense and is nonintuitive for those unacquainted with physics. Religious belief in God, and Christian belief that God became Man around two thousand years ago, may seem strange to common-sense thinking. But when the most elementary physical things behave in this way, we should be prepared to accept that the deepest aspects of our existence go beyond our common-sense intuitions.”
“The social potential movement is on the threshold of a mass awakening, seeking to carry into society what individuals have learned spiritually and personally.”
“The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.”
“I've spent most of my life living in cities where people are obsessed with looking down on people from everywhere else. You get so used to doing it that you start to believe it's simply what everyone does. It makes for an atmosphere of unwelcome that penetrates much of our modern life. It's a shame really because a couple days in Oklahoma will open your eyes to how much better it would be if the rest of the country was filled with a few more people from Oklahoma.”

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