"If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden ghettos, you will gain a sense of continuity and of the possibility for a full life."

-- Tom Stoppard

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“I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive. I am not young, and I love life. But I should scorn to shiver with terror at the thought of annihilation. Happiness is nonetheless true happiness because it must come to an end, nor do thought and love lose their value because they are not everlasting.”
“People generally fall into one of three groups: the few who make things happen, the many who watch things happen, and the overwhelming majority who have no notion of what happens. Every person is either a creator of fact or a creature of circumstance. He either puts color into his environment, or, like a chameleon, takes color from his environment.”
“My real self wanders elsewhere, far away, wanders on and on invisibly and has nothing to do with my life.”
“To be able to live and train in Iraq under these circumstances you need to be brave.”
“I was OK in school, but I always missed a lot because I was playing so much. But if I'd stuck at it, I imagine that I'd be doing something financial or economical. Finance always attracted me, even though maths was always a bit of a love-hate relationship. I would have tried playing football, but I don't think I'd have made it.”

Source : "Matteo Manassero confident he can live up to his reputation at US Open". Interview with Ewan Murray, www.theguardian.com. June 8, 2013.
“Making a mistake is also an achievement.”
“When you've got a new family, any kind of security you can have is great.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“One of the very important things that have to be learned around the time dying becomes a real prospect is to recognize those occasions when we have been useful in the world.”

Source : Roger Rosenblatt (1994). “The Man in the Water: Essays and Stories”, Random House

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