"Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion - several of them."

-- Mark Twain

#Religious Quotes #Atheist Quotes #Men Quotes

“Australia is a huge rest home, where no unwelcome news is ever wafted on to the pages of the worst newspapers in the world.”
“We must learn to live the African way. It's the only way to live in freedom and with dignity”
“Perhaps things are most beautiful when they are not quite real; when you look upon a scene as an outsider, and come to possess it in its entirety and forever; when you live in the present with the lucidity and feeling of memory; when, for want of connection, the world deepens and becomes art.”

Source : Mark Helprin (2017). “Ellis Island and Other Stories”, p.131, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Uniqueness is what makes you the most beautiful.”
“My being Indian is possibly the biggest thing that influences my stories. Not just in terms of settings - most of the settings in my stories are Indian - but also in terms of characters and plot. I think growing up in India grew my imagination in certain ways that would not have happened in any other place. I'm also fascinated by the idea of India, and writing stories allows me to explore this. As for thematic elements, they are probably pretty obvious in my stories. I also hope that my stories bust stereotypes at least to a modest extent.”
“Both my husband and I give a lot of ourselves in what we do because that is our public lives but in my private life, I have an intrinsic right to be left alone.”
“I feel really good about the future and working with people.”
“I can't live one day without hearing music, playing it , studying it , or thinking about it .”

Source : Leonard Bernstein (2007). “The Infinite Variety of Music”, p.10, Amadeus Press

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