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“Look to the past and remember no empire rises that sooner or later won't fall.”
Source : Song: Russians & Americans
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“Our history is not our destiny.”
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“Don't hurry anything. Don't worry about the future. Don't worry about what progress you're making. Just be entirely content to be aware of what is.”
Source : Mary Schmich (2012). “The Best of Mary Schmich: Selected Writings by the Chicago Tribune's Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary”, p.31, Agate Digital
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“I knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen.”
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“To all those who lead monotonous lives in the hope that they may experience at second hand the delights and dangers of adventure. [author's dedication]”
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“The church of Jesus needs to wake up from the exile of passivity and embrace liminality and adventure or continue to remain a religious ghetto for culturally co-opted, fearful, middle-class folk.”
Source : Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch (2011). “The Faith of Leap (Shapevine): Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage”, p.92, Baker Books
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“I first read science fiction in the old British Chum annual when I was about 12 years old.”
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“I’m not a fan of ‘write what you know.’ If you don’t know, find out. I knew nothing about the Bible before I started writing ‘The Year of Living Biblically.’ That was kind of the point – to learn.”
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“One of the penalties of being president of the United States is that you must subsist for four years without drinking anything except Californian wine.”
Source : Christopher Morley (1920). “Hide and Seek”
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“If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year.”
