"You British plundered half the world for your own profit. Let's not pass it off as the Age of Enlightenment."

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Source : Paddy Chayefsky (1995). “The screenplays”

Paddy Chayefsky

#Age Quotes #Enlightenment Quotes #World Quotes

“In my twenties, I was a huge, insane risk-taker.”

Source : "Q&A - James Ransone (Damon Callis)". www.amc.com.
“On the Way of the Cross, you see, my children, only the first step is painful. Our greatest cross is the fear of crosses. . . We have not the courage to carry our cross, and we are very much mistaken; for, whatever we do, the cross holds us tight - we cannot escape from it. What, then, have we to lose? Why not love our crosses, and make use of them to take us to heaven?”
“We don't need as much as we have. Hardly any of us need as much money as we have. It's true what they say about the best things in life being free.”
“If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive.”

Source : Brené Brown (2012). “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead”, p.68, Penguin
“I was most impressed with the professionalism of our soldiers stationed there, and I am now more confident than ever that that the operations at Guantanamo are being conducted in a humane and necessary manner.”
“Art should be serious, not a joke. I dont like to laugh about art.”
“A farmer is dependent on too many things outside his control; it makes for modesty.”

Source : Bharati Mukherjee (2007). “Jasmine”, p.12, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“I genuinely believe that if you want to get in the film business, get in the film business.”

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