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Katherine Anne Porter quote: "The past is never where you think you left it."

The past is never where you think you left it.

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It is almost impossible for anyone, even the most ineffective among us, to continue to choose misery after becoming aware that it is a choice. William Glasser
So many of the conscious and unconscious ways men and women treat each other have to do with romantic and sexual fantasies that are deeply ingrained not just in society but in literature. The women's movement may manage to clean up the mess in society, but I don't know if it can clean up the mess in our minds. Nora Ephron
At the present day the crude theory of the sexual impulse held on one side, and the ignorant rejection of theory altogether on the other side, are beginning to be seen as both alike unjustified. Havelock Ellis
Without solitude true happiness was impossible. The fallen angel was faithless to God probably only because he longed for solitude, which angles knew not. Anton Chekhov
When resources become skimpy, human beings don't suddenly cooperate to conserve what's left. They fight to the last scrap for possession of a diminishing resource. Deepak Chopra
We put our life on the line to fight for them, put on a show and these guys take our money so whatever happens to Bob Arum, Don King or anyone else is fine with me. Larry Holmes
Put no inscription over the grave, except the date of my birth and my death; and, wherever I am buried, let the funeral be perfectly private, with as few persons attending, and as little show and expense as possible. Isaac Butt
Sixteen percent of our population is rural, but 40 percent of our military is rural. I don't believe that's because of a lack of opportunity in rural America. I believe that's because if you grow up in rural America, you know you can't just keep taking from the land. You've got to give something back. Thomas Vilsack
John Irving quote: "No one could have fathomed what a life he'd led, for it was..."
No one could have fathomed what a life he'd led, for it was chiefly a life lived in his mind. John Irving
Christina Aguilera quote: "In the end you’ll see you won’t stop me."
In the end you’ll see you won’t stop me. Christina Aguilera
So today if you see a person who looks like your teenage fantasy walking down the street, it's probably not your fantasy, but someone who had the same fantasy as you and decided instead of getting it or being it, to look like it, and so he went to the store and bought the look that you both like.So forget it. Just think about all the James Deans and what it means. Andy Warhol
Humanitarian missions are little different from any other public enterprise, diplomacy included, which is susceptible of misinterpretation by the public, hence ultimately of failure. Alvin Adams
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quote: "On all the peaks lies peace."
On all the peaks lies peace. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Waiting is an art that our impatient age has forgotten. It wants to break open the ripe fruit when it has hardly finished planting the shoot. But all too often the greedy eyes are only deceived; the fruit that seemed so precious is still green on the inside, and disrespected hands ungratefully toss aside what has so disappointed them. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Cedric the Entertainer quote: "I love stand up and it keeps me grounded, to say the stuff I..."
I love stand up and it keeps me grounded, to say the stuff I have been thinking without anyone changing it. Cedric the Entertainer