"There’s an inherent message in my work relating to recycling and the nature of value, but my artistic inspiration is fired by the qualities within the raw materials… I come across many things which have been abandoned and find something more in them than their intrinsic worthlessness."

-- Ptolemy

#Inspiration Quotes #Quality Quotes #Raw Materials Quotes

“Gentlemen, no one objects to the husband being the head of the wife as Christ was the head of the church--to crucify himself; whatwe object to is his crucifying his wife.”
“I don't feel pressure because what everyone expects of me is what I expect of myself anyway. Everyone expects me to win this fight, I expect myself to win this fight. It's not any more pressure than what I put on myself. I don't suffer nerves, I don't feel pressure, I just go out and do what I need to do.”
“The thing I was most proud of about today's round was that on this course everybody is going to make mistakes, but sometimes it's hard to forget about it and let it go. After I made a double on 1, I was able to be patient and let it go and came back with birdies on 3 and 5. When I bogeyed 6, I was able to let it go and come back with a birdie on 8. I was able to let go of some bad shots and forget about it and move on.”
“What remains constant for me, during the last 15 years, has been the conviction that the cold war was a calamity for the entire world, and that it can be justified by no consideration of theory, nor by any supposed national interest.”
“Pride is a sweetmeat, to be savoured in small pieces; it makes for a poor feast.”

Source : Laurie R. King (2004). “The Game: A novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes”, p.379, Bantam
“When you meet me, I can be charming and intelligent and reasonable.”
“Without a past you can't have a future.”
“If everybody's not a beauty, then nobody is”

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