"What else should our lives be but a continual series of beginnings, of painful settings out into the unknown, pushing off from the edges of consciousness into the mystery of what we have not yet become."

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Source : FaceBook post by David Malouf from Dec 16, 2013

David Malouf

#Pushing Quotes #Mystery Quotes #Consciousness Quotes

“And then, when heâ€™s been underwater so long I feel certain heâ€™s drowned, his head pops up right next to me and I start. â€œDonâ€™t do that,â€ I say. â€œWhat? Come up or stay under?â€ he says. â€œEither. Neither. Whatever”
“When I was on the ice, in the lights, with the music and the motion, there was a certain kind of flirtation that gave great energy and expressiveness to my performance.”

Source : Peggy Fleming, Peter Kaminsky (2000). “The Long Program: Skating Toward Life's Victories”, p.86, Simon and Schuster
“I have 'the first' attached to my name in a whole lot of different aspects when it comes to the sport of basketball.”
“After I read about Uganda's now famous "kill the gays" bill, I wanted to explore the religious forces behind it. As a gay man, I wanted to understand the folks who wanted to kill me and why.”
“I experienced American golf courses when I was younger and played a lot of USGA and AJGA tournaments.”
“John Howard's credibility on the entire Iraq war has been torpedoed by John Howard's own intelligence agency.”
“This land is a monopoly of erroneous ideas.”
“When I was younger, I just thought about playing in the NBA.”

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