"I've always said that the Europeans subconsciously knew how to pose because of the culture or tradition of having your portrait made. They were surrounded by these portraits, and subconsciously they were already posing for them."

-- Tina Barney

#Culture Quotes #Tradition Quotes

“What is a normal child like? Does he just eat and grow and smile sweetly? No, that is not what he is like. The normal child, if he has confidence in mother and father, pulls out all the stops. In the course of time, he tries out his power to disrupt, to destroy, to frighten, to wear down, to waste, to wangle, and to appropriate . . . At the start he absolutely needs to live in a circle of love and strength (with consequent tolerance) if he is not to be too fearful of his own thoughts and of his imaginings to make progress in his emotional development.”
“No matter how hard it seems...never give up, always believe.”

Source : Song: Hold On, Album: What a Wonderful Time
“To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.”
“... it struck me as so hard to believe I was really getting what I wanted; it was always easier to feel the lack of something than the thing itself.”
“Paddling a canoe is a source of enrichment and inner renewal.”
“One can learn, at least. One can go on learning until the day one is cut off.”
“He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.”
“Compared to how I have raced before and how I have competed, the success that I have had, this does look like doom compared to it.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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