"The historical side of fashion was very attractive to me when I was a teenager in Moscow, working for the costume departments in various Russian theater companies."

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Alexander Vassiliev

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“If anythingâ€™s going on in our lives, we have each other. One time, I was having a bad day, and I called Chris Colfer. He came over with a pint of ice cream and Madea Goes to Jail, and it was, like, the best night of my life.”
“Self-criticism sessions were held, but these produced more criticism than could usefully be absorbed or accomodated.”
“As a human being, the way Jesus responded to God in faithful obedience and gave his life in service to other humans-is the pattern for all authentic humanity renewed by the Spirit of God.”
“Knowledge! What does that mean? Your knowledge is nothing but cowardice. No, really, that's all it is. You just want to put a little wall around infinity. And you're afraid to look on the other side of that wall.”

Source : Yevgeny Zamyatin (1993). “We: New Edition”, p.52, Penguin
“From time immemorial, soups and broths have been the worldwide medium for utilizing what we call the kitchen byproducts or as the French call them, the 'dessertes de la table' (leftovers), or 'les parties interieures de la bete', such as head, tail, lights, liver, knuckles and feet.”
“You know, up until later on today, I never really knew how to drink.”

Source : Mary Robison (2009). “One D.O.A., One on the Way: A Novel”, p.71, Counterpoint Press
“The tragedy in the lives of most of us is that we go through life walking down a high-walled lane with people of our own kind, the same economic situation, the same national background and education and religious outlook. And beyond those walls, all humanity lies, unknown and unseen, and untouched by our restricted and impoverished lives.”
“Even if we didn't have greenhouse gases, were going to have to move away from fossil fuels, as we're going to run out. They're finite, whereas solar and wind are infinite.”

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