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A man could spend the rest of his life trying to remember what he shouldn't have said. ↗

— Abraham Polonsky

#his #life #man #remember #rest

I think that when we look out with our underfunded liabilities and our national debt over $14 trillion, I think if we are part of that movement to get our government spending under control, I think that would be a tremendous legacy to leave. ↗

— Ben Quayle

#debt #get #government #government spending #i

Being in love was like China: you knew it was there, and no doubt it was very interesting, and some people went there, but I never would. I'd spend all my life without ever going to China, but it wouldn't matter, because there was all the rest of the world to visit. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#being #being in love #china #doubt #ever

But they were not friends. They were here to keep each other from spinning off alone into the dark matter of the universe. ↗

— Carol Anshaw

#friendship #life #universe #family

what did you think would happen—best case? She’ll forget about you when you return to Caliban, you know that. Or do you think she won’t wish, that you can stay here with her? That for the rest of her life, she’ll put you above getting whatever she wishes for? Even better—that for the rest of her life, she won’t slip up and say something like ‘I wish it would stop raining’? You can’t win this. In the end, you’ll be in Caliban. She’ll forget you. And whatever ‘friendship’ you think you have will be gone. Relationships are not for immortals. A bird and a fish may long for each other, but where could they live? ↗

— Jackson Pearce

#genie #ifrit #friendship

I have a good life, I remind myself. There are plenty of people who love me. They're just not around at the moment. ↗

— Cynthia Hand

#family #friendship #life #love #family

I think President Karzai realizes exactly how important it is to strengthen the fight against corruption in the country now, step up endeavors to stop the drug trade and to deliver better governance. He said as much in his inaugural address. ↗

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

#against #better #corruption #country #deliver

After all, at end of the day, when you're breathing your last, it's not your producer, director, or cast mates by your bedside; it's your children. Keep that in mind. ↗

— John Ratzenberger

#bedside #breathing #cast #children #day

One can see that a canvas is six feet by eight feet, say, quite accurately. But you can spend two minutes and think it's five, or thirty seconds and it's just a different bed for activities there. ↗

— Robert Rauschenberg

#activities #bed #canvas #different #eight

You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second rate Ravel. ↗

— Maurice Ravel

#end #first-rate #gershwin #instead #lose