#ration

Instead, what I was beginning to understand was that however things unfolded from here on, whatever the next chapter was, my life could never be the sum of one circumstance. It would be determined, as it had always been, by my willingness to put one foot in front of the other, moving forward, come what may. ↗

— Liz Murray

#forgiveness

The schools would fail through their silence, the Church through its forgiveness, and the home through the denial and silence of the parents. The new generation has to hear what the older generation refuses to tell it. ↗

— Simon Wiesenthal

#denial #fail #forgiveness #generation #hear

One ends up relying on pure musical inspiration, and failing that, the music won't lead to anything good, or it will alienate all but the most die-hard fans. ↗

— Boris Vian

#anything #ends #failing #fans #good

Civilisation has ever accompanied emigration and conquest - the conflict of opinion, of religion, or of race. ↗

— Alfred Russel Wallace

#civilisation #conflict #conquest #emigration #ever

Now you have people in Washington who have no interest in the country at all. They're interested in their companies, their corporations grabbing Caspian oil. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#corporations #country #grabbing #interest #interested

'General Hospital' was so massive in the 80s and that's when people my age or even younger watched that show. A generation grew up on that show, Luke and Laura, I came in on the cusp of that so there's still a lot of 'Frisco.' ↗

— Jack Wagner

#came #cusp #even #general #generation

I still eat pizzas, I still like pies, I still have spaghetti hoops for breakfast... but it's in moderation now. ↗

— Shane Warne

#eat #hoops #i #like #moderation

The foregoing considerations lead us to the very important conclusion, that matter is essentially force, and nothing but force; that matter, as popularly understood, does not exist, and is, in fact, philosophically inconceivable. ↗

— Alfred Russel Wallace

#considerations #does #essentially #exist #fact

Sit in a room and read--and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level, and you have a nice, mild, slow-burning rapture all the time. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#inspirational #reading #inspirational

I will always desire to play with Bruce Springsteen. He's the most inspirational, most dedicated, most committed and most focused artist I've ever seen. I like to be around people like that. ↗

— Max Weinberg

#around #artist #bruce #bruce springsteen #committed