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“Certainly, I've never wanted to live on past achievements.”

Wanted Past Achievement

Author:Buzz Aldrin

“I was repelled by the sleazy reality of the totalitarian countries: politicians were shameless. There were corruption, pollution, shoddy goods, long lines, and suicide everywhere, but the leaders kept boasting about their great achievements and bright tomorrows. I saw all this and tried to show it in my pictures as simply and straightforwardly as I could. All I wanted to do was record how all these poor people adapted to lies and suffering, how they got used to it, how, in fact they were bound to miss it when it was over.”

“Fidel Castro outlasted U.S. presidents determined to overthrow him, survived the collapse of the communist bloc that sustained him and outlived many of those who wanted to replace him. For those reasons, he will go down in history as among the world's most skillful politicians, even if his achievements largely die with him.”

Ifs World Reason Wanted Dies President Politician Achievement Determined Communist Collapse Survived Skillful Castro

Author:Tom Gjelten

“How presumptuous they had both been never to consider growing old as an achievement and a challenge. Aging was something they'd both wanted so much to avoid.”

Wanted Challenges Growing Achievement Aging Growing Old Presumptuous

Author:Cecelia Ahern

“No, you have to talk first. You wanted to talk. It means you say something and I respond and you talk back again. It's one of the human race's most shining achievements. It's called a conversation.”

Firsts Humans Mean Wanted Race Conversation Achievement Shining Human Race Back Again

Book:Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)

Source: Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)

“Our students wanted to know everything: but only the newest theory seemed to them worth bothering with. Knowing nothing of the intellectual achievements of the past, they kept fresh and intact their enthusiasm for 'the latest thing'. Fashion dominated their interest: they valued ideas not for themselves but for the prestige that they could wring from them.”

Knows Ideas Wanted Past Interest Knowing Fashion Students Theory Achievement Intellectual Enthusiasm Bother Prestige Knowing Nothing

Author:Claude Levi-Strauss

“The words burned on her tongue, but Minerva couldn’t give them voice. What a hopeless coward she was. She could pound on his door at midnight and demand to be respected as an individual. She could travel across the country in hopes of being appreciated for her scholarly achievements. But she still lacked the courage to ask for the one thing she wanted most. To be loved, just for herself.”

Giving Stills Country Wanted Asks Individual Voice Doors One Thing Demand Achievement Tongue Pounds Hopeless Coward Burned Midnight Appreciated Scholarly Minerva Being Appreciated

Author:Tessa Dare

“I had this big thing about guitar harmonies. I wanted to be the first to put proper three-part harmonies onto a record. That was an achievement.”

Firsts Bigs Wanted Three Records Achievement Harmony Guitar Rock N Roll Big Things

Author:Brian May