"Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine. A beach not only permits such inertia but enforces it, thus neatly eliminating all problems of guilt. It is now the only place in our overly active world that does."

-- John Kenneth Galbraith

#Beach Quotes #Ocean Quotes #Vacation Quotes

“I don't think anything is as magical as a fairy tale experience by a child.”
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
“I published only in academic journals in philosophy until I was in my 40s, but I had been writing fiction and poetry my whole adult life - without ever once trying to publish it, and rarely letting anyone read it.”
“If there is one thing Iâ€™ve learned in my years on this planet, itâ€™s that the happiest and most fulfilled people Iâ€™ve known are those who devoted themselves to something bigger and more profound than merely their own self interest.”
“Before you went to work this morning in the city, did you spend some time with your family? Did you kiss your wife and tell her that she's pretty?”
“In the past, the British had signally failed to build an effective structure of royal authority and administration in their American colonies. As a result, no possibility existed of soothing and winning over influential and talented Americans, in the way that influential and talented Scotsmen were increasingly being won over, by giving them increased access to state employment.”

Source : Linda Colley (2005). “Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837”, p.136, Yale University Press
“According to such great attacking players as Bronstein and Tal, most combinations are inspired by the player's memories of earlier games.”
“There ought to be a way in which you can challenge lack of experience, which I think is hugely important, one of the reasons that I chose Hillary Clinton, not just because I've known her for many years, but because I've seen how tough the job is, having worked as President Clinton's deputy chief of staff.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org

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