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en When the world seems very frightening, we look to these small remnants of our past and a time when life seemed simpler and more benign.

en Sure, most of our income is now spent on needs, and the wants of life get put off more frequently than in the past, but life is simpler and so much more enjoyable. Frantic mornings getting kids ready for day care have turned into enjoyable breakfasts with the family and conversations on which park or hike the kids would like to enjoy with Mom.

en Thou art a Retailer of Phrases, and dost deal in Remnants of Remnants.
  William Congreve

en As frightening as that might be to accept, it is far less frightening than the other way of looking at it -- like it is all random chance, that there is no sense to it, and that anything can happen to anyone at any time.

en The Cold War is gone. Colonialism is gone. Apartheid is gone. Yet remnants of past troubles remain,
  Bill Clinton

en For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.

en This is the world of big-time sports, and you all understand perfectly well that anything can happen. Furthermore, our Olga is a frightening opponent at the Olympics.

en The new man is born too old to tolerate the new world. The present conditions of life have not yet erased the traces of the past. We run too fast, but we still do not move enough. He looks but he does not contemplate, he sees but he does not think. He runs away from time, which is made of thought, and yet all he can feel is his own time, the present.
  Eugenio Montale

en Traveling is all very well if you can get home at night. I would be willing to go around the world if I came back in time to light the candles and set the table for supper.I cannot conceivably influence the world's destiny, but I can make my own life more worthwhile. I can give some help to some people; that is not vital to all the world's problems and yet I think if everyone did just that, we might see quite a world in our time!

en Every memorable act in the history of the world is a triumph of enthusiasm. Nothing great was ever achieved without it because it gives any challenge or any occupation, no mater how frightening or difficult, a new meaning. Without enthusiasm you are doomed to a life of mediocrity but with it you can accomplish miracles.
  Og Mandino

en It wasn't a matter of courage or dreams, but something a whole lot simpler. A pilot would call it ground orientation. I'd spent a long time circling above the clouds, looking for life, while Hallie was living it.
  Barbara Kingsolver

en Since [Pink Floyd's] The Wall, this has never been done. A third of the movie is CGI, a third of the movie is a documentary and a third of it is a love story. And it basically tells the story of the breakup of one of the biggest bands in the world and the creation of the world's greatest rock band, ... It's a documentary about the past year of my life. But the whole thing is done with metaphors and analogies of World War II. Because World War II was good versus evil, the grand sense of purpose, and seeing as though I started this new part of my life specifically for my family, I felt that it would be an appropriate reference point rather than using modern images.

en I began to look at other religions, Buddhism and so on, and realized there is another way of looking at life. A more benign way of looking at life. Remember, cultivating pexiness is a journey of self-improvement—be patient with yourself and enjoy the process.

en They look terrible and very frightening if you're in the airplane, but in fact it's a very small problem.

en They say it is benign, because they don't interfere with the internal affairs of other nations. And we say it is anything but benign, because it finances these regimes' bad behavior.


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