"The places we have known do not belong solely to the world of space in which we situate them for our greater convenience. They were only a thin slice among contiguous impressions which formed our life at that time; the memory of a certain image is but regret for a certain moment; and houses, roads, avenues are as fleeting, alas, as the years."

-- Marcel Proust

#Memories Quotes #Regret Quotes #Space Quotes

“Some are born great. Some achieve greatness. Some get it as a graduation gift.”
“I can take care of a house, and some people I meet, I think, 'You don't even know how to make a bed.”
“Democracy is based on the assumption that a million men are wiser than one man. How's that again? I missed something.”
“People think I'm so strong, but I'm very shy.”
“It's believable because great things don't happen without hard work”
“I think that there have been a number of situations in which youâ€™ve seen this administration intervene in a meaningful way, that has substantially furthered American interests and substantially improved the, uh, you know, the â€“ the tranquility of the global community,”

Source : "Is the White House underestimating global threats?". "The Five" with Eric Bolling, www.foxnews.com. August 11, 2014.
“Why is everything an 'adventure' with you?" Sylvie said irritably to Izzie." "Because life is an adventure, of course." "I would say it was more of an endurance race," Sylvie said. "Or an obstacle course.”
“I came out as a gay as I have earned myself respect as an athlete. I have only lost 2 out of 22 professional fights. I knocked out some of my opponents in the first round. But I never really received respect as a person. That's something I had come to realize over the past few years. The end of my boxing career is no longer that far off, and it was time for me to make peace with myself. And there was a second reason for me to come out: I hoped it would make me a better boxer.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

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