"The tragedy is not that things are broken. The tragedy is that things are not mended again."

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Alan Paton

#Broken Quotes #Tragedy Quotes

“What happens is all these things we're seeing â€“ campylobacter, E coli, mad cow, listeria, salmonella, that weren't even in the lexicon 30 years ago â€“ that is the industrial paradigm exceeding its efficiency. So these Latin squiggly words that we're learning to say â€“ bovine spongiform encephalopathy â€“ are nature's language screaming to us: ENOUGH! And the question then is: what will it take for us to listen? And my contention is that Wall Street is still wearing conquistador mentality and uniforms, and nobody is listening to the pleadings of nature saying: 'Enough.'”
“To preach long, loud, and Damnation, is the way to be cried up. We love a man that damns us, and we run after him again to save us.”

Source : John Selden (1819). “Table talk: being the discourses of John Selden, esq”, p.48
“I think you always have, you know, new players. Every year you see new faces, juniors coming into the seniors. I was one of them at the time long time ago now.”
“You've got to keep the child alive; you can't create without it.”
“O gentle vision in the dawn: My spirit over faint cool water glides, Child of the day, To thee; And thou art drawn By kindred impulse over silver tides The dreamy way To me.”

Source : Harold Monro, “Child Of Dawn”
“To get rid of depression, I swim with dolphins.”
“I want to be one of the greats. I want to be the pound for pound king and I know what it takes to get there.”
“Your biggest opportunity probably lies under your own feet, in your current job, industry, education, experience or interests.”

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