"As you know, human history is full of evil deeds, and maybe we ought to think of them with tears, not fascination."

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Source : Elizabeth Kostova (2008). “The Historian”, Little, Brown

Elizabeth Kostova

#Life Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Evil Quotes

“Life is here only to be lived so that we can, through life, earn the right to death, which to me is paradise. Whatever it is that will bring me the reward of paradise, I'll do the best I can.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It's important when you're married not to forget those things you used to do when you were trying to get her to marry you. You can't send flowers and buy gifts then, when you're married, say, 'Right, get my tea on'. That doesn't go down well. So you've got to keep that level of interest going.”
“I think I did 97 pitch meetings, and even at the 97th meeting, there were questions I was getting that I hadn't had in the - you know, any of the 96 preceding ones.”
“My back swing off the first tee had put him in mond of an eldery woman of dubious morals trying to struggle out of a dress too tight around the shoulders.”
“I'm lining up my troops to go to battle with. Tarver is the man at light heavyweight. He has the credibility of the fans and media, and that's what counts. That's why I am taking this risk, but I am taking it by preparing myself with good people.”
“As a wise man once said, 'If not us, then who; if not now, then when?'”
“I learned how to get rid of the Southern accent when I was, like, 11 years old and living in New York for the summer doing modeling and commercials and auditioning for Broadway. The mother I lived with for the summer taught me how to drop my Southern accent.”

Source : "Q&A: The Beautiful Nikki DeLoach of "Awkward"". Interview with Matt Goulet, www.esquire.com. April 17, 2013.
“The pause makes you think the song will end. And then the song isn't really over, so you're relieved. But then the song does actually end, because every song ends, obviously, and THAT. TIME. THE. END. IS. FOR. REAL.”

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