"What a mistake to suppose that the passions are strongest in youth! The passions are not stronger, but the control over them is weaker! They are more easily excited, they are more violent and apparent; but they have less energy, less durability, less intense and concentrated power than in maturer life."

-- Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

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“One possible reason why things aren't going according to plan is that there never was a plan.”
“It is possible to think that the Internet will be a net positive for society while admitting that there are significant downsides - after all, it's not a revolution if nobody loses.”
“President Obama has lowered taxes more than he has raised them, and they are today lower than they were in President Reagan's time. But you don't hear conservatives crowing about that.”
“As we explore the soul, it is important to remember that this exploration will take place within nature (the body), for that is where and what we are.”

Source : Peg Bracken (1996). “On Getting Old for the First Time”, Bookpartners
“MARG: You are so close.STEN: To whom? Margravine, not even to himself. This place, this island: all his life he's done nothing but hop from island to island. Is that a reason? Does there have to be a reason? Shall he tell you: he works for no Whitehall, non conceivable unless, ha, ha, the network of white halls in his own brain: these featureless corridors he keeps swept and correct for occasional visiting agents.”
“Not to sound too pathetic, but there have been long stretches where I haven't been able to get a job.”
“Each situation is different... Each situation, I'm a different person I guess. He's present; the actors are present; and you just work in that moment, trying to flush it out. We have history from Assassins and Wicked, but it's always new beginnings between us. You start off fresh and that's what I like and respect about him.”

Source : Source: www.broadwayworld.com
“A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.”

Source : 1748 An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, section 10, pt.1.

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