"One, I never get sick of talking about myself."

-- David Wain

#Talking Quotes #Sick Quotes

“I took the volume to a table, opened its soft, ivory pages... and fell into it as into a pool during dry season.”
“I had an idea to write something set back around the Civil War era, but I was just way too ignorant to think I could start it any time soon.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“He who finds a new path is a pathfinder, even if the trail has to be found again by others; and he who walks far ahead of his contemporaries is a leader, even though centuries pass before he is recognized as such.”
“Playing for England was one long roller-coaster: some ups and downs, but also quite a few moments when you're not really sure if you're enjoying the ride.”
“You can't study to be an entrepreneur. Sometimes, you just have to jump.”
“The whole organization seemed to be in free fall, indulging in a collective fantasy in which experienced colleagues refused to admit that their every movement, every decision that was made and implemented, only led them one step closer to the abyss.”
“Your soul should be as strong as possible when it leaves here for whatever comes next.”
“One is astonished in the study of history at the recurrence of the idea that evil must be forgotten, distorted, skimmed over. We must not remember that Daniel Webster got drunk but only that he was a splendid constitutional lawyer. We must forget that George Washington was a slave owner . . . and simply remember the things we regard as creditable and inspiring. The difficulty, of course, with this philosophy is that history loses its value as an incentive and example; it paints perfect man and noble nations, but it does not tell the truth.”

Source : "Whitewashing Black History Month" by Gary Younge, www.theguardian.com. February 1, 2012.

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