“What else is there to make life tolerable? We stand on the shore of an ocean, crying to the night and to emptiness. Sometimes a voice of one drowning, and in a moment the silence returns. The world seems to me quite dreadful, the unhappiness of many people is very great, and I often wonder how they all endure it. It is usually the central thing around which their lives are built, and I suppose if they did not live most of their lives in the things of the moment, they would not be able to go on.”
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Inspired Quotes — page 95 of 313
“By the time we see that climate change is really bad, your ability to fix it is extremely limited... The carbon gets up there, but the heating effect is delayed. And then the effect of that heat on the species and ecosystem is delayed. That means that even when you turn virtuous, things are actually going to get worse for quite a while.”
“It is the first line that gives the inspiration and then it's like riding a bull. Either you just stick with it, or you don't.”
“I read On the Road in maybe 1959. It changed my life like it changed everyone else's.”
“If you're unhappy, what is it in your life that you're not facing?”
“I knew a pure heart who refused tot be mistrustful.... He had written at his doorstep: "From wherever you are, enter and be welcome". Who do you think responded to this lovely invitation? The militia, who made themselves at home and gutted him.”
“Everything what's inspiring has been created by one who could work in freedom”
“It's very depressing to live in a time where it's easier to break an atom than a prejudice.”
“We bury love; Forgetfulness grows over it like grass: That is a thing to weep for, not the dead.”
“We are cruel when someone refuses to play the role in which we have cast him. We judge a person only according to his relationship towards us.”
“No one who's white thinks he's innocent. No one who's black thinks he's guilty.”
“I was sorry for her; I was amazed, disgusted at her heartless vanity; I wondered why so much beauty should be given to those who made so bad a use of it, and denied to some who would make it a benefit to both themselves and others. But, God knows best, I concluded. There are, I suppose, some men as vain, as selfish, and as heartless as she is, and, perhaps, such women may be useful to punish them.”
“Every new generation of LGBT Americans needs to be inspired by leaders who come out - whether in Congress, the nonprofit sector, the NFL, or corner offices of Fortune 100 companies.”
“Life has gone by as if I never lived”
“Great drama is great questions or it is nothing but technique. I could not imagine a theater worth my time that did not want to change the world.”
“I always wanted to be a model, never an actress. I would see children in ads and stuff and wanted to be like them.”
“Desire is creation, is the magical element in that process. If there were an instrument by which to measure desire, one could foretell achievement.”
“It's all very well to tell us to forgive our enemies; our enemies can never hurt us very much. But oh, what about forgiving our friends?”
“You have to write badly in order to write well.”
“I believe half of the unhappiness in life comes from people being afraid to go straight at things.”