When I wanted to know something, I wanted it undistorted by somebody else's imperfect knowledge.
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Quote:- When I was 5 years old, my mom always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down happy. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment and I told them they didn’t understand life.
Author:- Gaius Julius Caesar
Category:- science
Quote:- When I was a boy, I would read those postcards and know exactly why my father was doing what he was doing: he was taking a stab at greatness, that is, if greatness is simply another word for doing something different from what you were already doing--or maybe greatness is the thing we want to have so that other people will want to have us, or maybe greatness is merely the grail for our unhappy, striving selves, the thing we think we need but don't and can't get anyway.
An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England
Author:- Brock Clarke
Category:- philosophy
Quote:- When I was a girl, I loved reading. An archaic pastime, I know; the index and download are faster, more efficient, offering superior retention and acquisition of knowledge.
This is How You Lose the Time War
Author:- Amal El-Mohtar
Category:- knowledge
Quote:- When I was assigned the color blue, I was assigned how I should live. I was assigned a specific type of clothes, toys, and interests. Each individual has different capabilities and hence different interests. Imagine what would happen if someone with no hands would be asked to draw? He might achieve it somehow, but it would be an excruciating and tiring process. This is what happens when we develop a confident expectation from either Gender.
Know 'YOUR' Norms
Author:- Rico Torres
Category:- motivational
Quote:- When I was born, my parents were not aware that they were necessarily determining my behavior. They followed everyone around them. If I had been a girl, they would have painted my room pink instead of blue. Their attitude towards me would have been entirely different. All of this because they just wanted me to fit in. They wanted me to be 'normal.' They wanted to give me a 'normal' childhood. They did not know that they were paving the way for me to lead a 'normal' life in doing so. In a way, they were instructed by the society to do so.
Know 'YOUR' Norms
Author:- Rico Torres
Category:- motivational
Quote:- When I was leaving, I felt that my energy had been sapped, someone took a part of me away, the part which defined me, which I loved the most, and for the first time in my life, I wasn’t ecstatic aboutgoing to a new place.
The Full Circle
Author:- Namrata Gupta
Category:- Love
Quote:- When I was little, I had this science book. There was a section on 'What would happen to the world if there was no friction?' Answer: 'Everything on earth would fly into space from the centrifugal force of revolution.' That was my mood.
Dance Dance Dance
Author:- Haruki Murakami
Category:- science
Quote:- When I was little, my mother used to tell me that a woman becomes invisible to men at a certain age. Perhaps that's why she let him commit the acts that he did. She would become visible only then, once she'd served a purpose in his agenda, and she knew the secret would forever bind him to her.
Category:- Relationships
Quote:- When I Was One-And-TwentyWhen I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say,`Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away;Give pearls away and rubies But keep your fancy free.'But I was one-and-twenty No use to talk to me. When I was one-and-twenty I heard him say again,`The heart out of the bosom Was never given in vain;'Tis paid with sighs a plenty And sold for endless rue.'And I am two-and-twenty And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.
A Shropshire Lad
Author:- A.E. Housman
Category:- poetry
Quote:- When i was out curving everyoneleft and right for you, you wereentertaining other people behind myback. That hurts.
Author:- aavnik5
Category:- Love
Quote:- When I was sad I smiled So, everyone thought that I was happy And smiled back Even if they were sad They were happy that I was happy Even if we were sad.
How To Dance In Time
Author:- Jenim Dibie
Category:- Love
Quote:- When I was very young and in the cave of Trophonius I forgot to laugh. Then, when I got older, when I opened my eyes and saw the real world, I began to laugh and I haven’t stopped since. I saw that the meaning of life was to get a livelihood, that the goal of life was to be a High Court judge, that the bright joy of love was to marry a well-off girl, that the blessing of friendship was to help each other out of a financial tight spot, that wisdom was what the majority said it was, that passion was to give a speech, that courage was to risk being fined 10 rix-dollars, that cordiality was to say ‘You’re welcome’ after a meal, and that the fear of God was to go to communion once a year. That’s what I saw. And I laughed.
Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
Author:- Søren Kierkegaard
Category:- philosophy
Quote:- When I was young, I forgot how to laugh in the cave of Trophonius; when I was older, I opened my eyes and beheld reality, at which I began to laugh, and since then, I have not stopped laughing. I saw that the meaning of life was to secure a livelihood, and that its goal was to attain a high position; that love’s rich dream was marriage with an heiress; that friendship’s blessing was help in financial difficulties; that wisdom was what the majority assumed it to be; that enthusiasm consisted in making a speech; that it was courage to risk the loss of ten dollars; that kindness consisted in saying, You are welcome, at the dinner table; that piety consisted in going to communion once a year. This I saw, and I laughed.
Author:- Søren Kierkegaard
Category:- philosophy
Quote:- When I was your age, art was a lonely thing: no galleries, no collecting, no critics, no money. We didn't have mentors. We didn't have parents. We were alone. But it was a great time, because we had nothing to lose and a vision to gain.
Red
Author:- John Logan
Category:- knowledge
Quote:- When I was your age, if a boy behaved badly, one simply scored his name out from one's dance card.(Sadie Lancaster - to Lara Lington)
Twenties Girl
Author:- Sophie Kinsella
Category:- Relationships