"When death comes, he respects neither age nor merit. He sweeps from the earthly existence the sick and the strong, the rich and the poor, and should teach us to live to be prepared for death."

-- Andrew Jackson

#Death Quotes #Strong Quotes #Sick Quotes

“When we get ashes we are not publicly proclaiming our greatness, but Godâ€™s. We are not saying, 'look at how great I am,' but 'ask me about how great my God is!'”
“Words are the soul's ambassadors, who go / Abroad upon her errands to and fro.”
“The caliber of actors I'm getting to work with and learn from on a daily basis is phenomenal for me as a developing actor.”

Source : "‘The Good Wife’: Graham Phillips Stirs Up Trouble" by Chris Harnick, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 13, 2012.
“My parents walked in on me Googling 'agents for kids' when I was 9.”

Source : "Graham Phillips" by Mark Jacobs, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 12, 2012.
“I think there is a potential civic culture in Arab countries that can lead to democratic institutions and I think Iraq is probably the best place to put that proposition to the test Well, you're going to find a disproportionate number of Jews in any sort of intellectual undertaking.”

Source : "Richard Perle: The Making of a Neoconservative". "Think Tank" with Ben Wattenberg, www.pbs.org. November 14, 2002.
“Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.”

Source : Alphonse de Lamartine (1854). “History of the French Revolution of 1848”, p.19
“The Louvre is the book in which we learn to read. We must not, however, be satisfied with retaining the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let us go forth to study beautiful nature, let us try to free our mids from them, let us strive to express ourselves according to our personal temperaments. Time and reflection, moreover, little by little modify our vision, and at last comprehension comes to us...”
“Every child, everywhere; in the whole world there was not one child who was not gravely, sweetly dancing.”

Source : Nathanael West (2009). “Miss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locust”, p.15, New Directions Publishing

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