"That was one of the virtues of being a pessimist: nothing was ever as bad as you thought it would be."

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Source : James Jones (2011). “From Here to Eternity: The Restored Edition”, p.943, Open Road Media

James Jones

#Would Be Quotes #Virtue Quotes #Pessimist Quotes

“One is just an interpreter of what the playwright thinks, and therefore the greater the playwright, the more satisfying it is to act in the plays.”
“There is a growing body of evidence that radiation in excess of what the government says are the minimum amounts we should be exposed to are actually good for you and reduce cases of cancer.”
“Time is the sea in which men grow, are born, or die.”
“Photography is like an open book to the world.”
“I grew. Going outside my comfort zone is a big one for me.”
“I've been a fan of me ever since.”
“Sixty-five percent of Americans don't have the conversation with their children. So you're sending off boys and girls off to college, off to high school, off to wherever they go, and nobody's had the conversation about how to conduct themselves. About a man telling his son how to be a man. How to respect a woman. How do you respect yourself?”
“Since, during storms, flames leap from the humid vapors and dark clouds emit deafening noises, is it surprising the lightning, when it strikes the ground, gives rise to truffles, which do not resemble plants?”

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