"Everything passes away-suffering,pain, blood, hunger,pestilence. The sword will pass away too, but the stars will remain when the shadows of our presence and our deeds have vanished from the Earth. There is no man who does not know that. Why, then, will we not turn our eyes toward the stars? Why?"

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Source : Mikhail Bulgakov (1971). “The white guard”

Mikhail Bulgakov

#Stars Quotes #Pain Quotes #Eye Quotes

“You need good training partners - because you’re only as good as your training partners - and a strong desire to always get better.”

Source : Interview with Johnny Testa, www.askmen.com. October 21, 2010.
“Water, we go to you dirty and rise from you clean.”
“I don't mind throwing something away. It should be your best or it should be what you want people to hear and something that's good for people.”
“All my life, I've dreamed in gold.”

Source : "Misty May-Treanor on Olympic victory". www.today.com. June 22, 2010.
“Sometimes being an adult means doing the right thing, even if it's not what you want.”
“The political tradition of ancient thought, filtered in Italy by Machiavelli, says one thing clearly: every prince needs allies, and the bigger the responsibility, the more allies he needs.”
“Being smart spoils a lot of things, doesn't it?”

Source : Thomas Harris (2009). “The Silence of the Lambs”, p.22, Macmillan
“If you do not know what you feel, then it is difficult to choose love; it is better to fall. Then you do not have to be responsible for your actions.”

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