"As we get older it is our short term memory that fades rather than our long term memory. Perhaps we have evolved like this so that we are able to tell the younger generation about the stories and experiences that have formed us which may be important to subsequent generations if they are to thrive.I worry though, about what might happen to our minds if most of the stories we hear are about greed, war, and atrocity"

Source : Philippa Perry, The School of Life (2012). “How to Stay Sane”, p.75, Pan Macmillan

Philippa Perry

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“Man can make only the rules. He cannot make the laws, which are the laws of nature. It is the understanding of these laws that enables a student to draw.”

Source : Kimon Nicolaïdes (1990). “The Natural Way to Draw: A Working Plan for Art Study”, p.14, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“I tried a dozen different modifications that were rejected. But they all served as a path to the final design.”

Source : "Mikhail Kalashnikov: 'I sleep soundly'" by Nick Paton Walsh, www.theguardian.com. October 9, 2003.
“My mother and I are very close; I guess you would call us best friends.”

Source : "Susan Ford Bales: Ford's Daughter Enjoys Tulsa Time". Interview with Robby Trammell, newsok.com. November 13, 1989.
“I've not met one person, even if they are not creative, who isn't dysfunctional. I guess artists are just a bit more aware of their dysfunction because it serves a purpose.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I have seen Tasmanian devils battle over a carcass. I have seen lionesses crowding a kill, dingoes on the trail of a feral piglet, and adult croc thrashing its prey to pieces. But never, in all the animal world, have I witnessed anything to match the casual cruelty of the human being.”

Source : Terri Irwin (2008). “Steve & Me”, p.227, Simon and Schuster
“If I could get my membership fee back, I'd resign from the human race.”
“Yes, I saw Twilight - my granddaughter made me watch it, she said it was the greatest vampire film ever. After the 'film' was over I wanted to smack her across her head with my shoe, but I do not want a (tell-all) book called Grannie Dearest written on me when I die. So instead I gave her a DVD of Murnau's 1922 masterpiece Nosferatu and told her, 'Now that's a vampire film!' And that goes for all of you! Watch Nosferatu instead!”

Source : "Bacall Blasts Twilight Vampires" by wenn.com, August 26, 2009.
“It was extremely hard going from being a parent of one to a parent of three, because now all these instant decisions have to be made about how you balance out the time and attention between them.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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