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The moral backbone of literature is about that whole question of memory. To my mind it seems clear that those who have no memory have the much greater chance to lead happy lives. ↗

— W. G. Sebald

#backbone #chance #clear #greater #happy

I am convinced that success is not measured by what you get out of life, but by what you give back. ↗

— Jerry Moran

#back #convinced #get #give #i

I see I have this patience to wait it out, and the truth is no matter how dark I feel I would never take my own life, because when the darkness is over, then what a blessing is the feeblest ray of light! ↗

— Valerie Martin

#inspirational #jekyll-and-hyde #life-and-living #light #beauty

I'm not retiring. I am graduating. Today is my graduation day. Retirement means that you'll just go ahead and live on your laurels and surf all day in Oceanside. It ain't going to happen. ↗

— Junior Seau

#all day #am #day #go #going

No one could have less faith in the absolute and definitive importance of the work created by man, because I believe that this world is nothing but a dream. ↗

— Gustave Moreau

#because #believe #could #created #definitive

We are born knowing nothing and with much striving we learn but a little; yet all the while we are bound by laws that hearken to no plea of ignorance, and measure out their rewards and punishments with calm indifference. ↗

— Paul Elmer More

#bound #calm #hearken #ignorance #indifference

When you live under the power of terror and segregation, you can't ever start a work of art. ↗

— Jeanne Moreau

#ever #live #power #segregation #start

Creativity is a way of living life, no matter what our vocation, or how we earn our living. Creativity is not limited to the arts... ↗

— Madeleine L'Engle

#artist #career #creative #creativity #life

A careful driver is one who honks his horn when he goes through a red light. ↗

— Henry Morgan

#driver #goes #his #horn #light

Because Katrina put it out there, no one can play the pretend game anymore that there isn't poverty and inequality in this country. The Millions More Movement - Katrina gives it added significance. ↗

— Marc Morial

#anymore #because #country #game #gives