"The view after seventy is breathtaking. What is lacking is someone, anyone, of the older generation to whom you can turn when you want to satisfy your curiosity about some detail of the landscape of the past. There is no longer any older generation. You have become it, while your mind was mostly on other matters"

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Source : William Maxwell (2013). “All the Days and Nights: The Collected Stories”, p.357, Vintage

William Maxwell

#Past Quotes #Views Quotes #Curiosity Quotes

“One of ISIS' biggest propaganda coups was the beheadings of the aid workers and journalists. Is [Emni], the group that is exporting fighters overseas, also the one that was holding James Foley and John Cantlie and Kayla Mueller?”
“He has become a great leader of his team, a guy that has evolved in terms of his role within the team.”
“The longing for light is the longing for consciousness.”
“I am an African. I owe my being to the hills and the valleys, the mountains and the glades, the rivers, the deserts, the trees, the flowers, the seas and the ever-changing seasons that define the face of our native land.”

Source : Thabo Mbeki (1998). “Africa: the time has come : selected speeches”
“Religion blushing, veils her sacred fires, And unawares Morality expires.”
“Ours is a culture and a time immensely rich in trash as it is in treasures.”
“People who change their religion should face the death penalty.”
“Canada has given us John Candy and Martin Short and Bill Shatner and Lord knows how many other wonderful performers.”

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