"It was an odd situation. For a century and a half, men got rid of their own hair, which was perfectly comfortable, and instead covered their heads with something foreign and uncomfortable. Very often it was actually their own hair made into a wig. People who couldn't afford wigs tried to make their hair look like a wig."

-- Bill Bryson

#Men Quotes #Hair Quotes #People Quotes

“We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again.”

Source : Nathanael Greene, Richard K. Showman (2005). “The Papers of General Nathanael Greene”, University of North Carolina Press
“I do feel like an outsider, but I don't lose any sleep over it.”

Source : "This much I know". Interview with Luke Bainbridge, www.theguardian.com. May 2, 2009.
“It's the same with visual arts, you have some really cool, wonderful striking images that make you think and then again you have wonderful striking images that just take you away from the existing world for a second. And I like the latter a bit more”
“Painting for me is like a fabric, all of a piece and uniform, with one set of threads as the representational, esthetic element, and the cross-threads as the technical, architectural, or abstract element. These threads are interdependent and complementary, and if one set is lacking the fabric does not exist. A picture with no representational purpose is to my mind always an incomplete technical exercise, for the only purpose of any picture is to achieve representation.”

Source : "On the Possibilities of Painting". Lecture, Sorbonne, May 15, 1924.
“That is the challenge of a spiritual teacher: not to take on board the projections of specialness people have. This is especially dangerous for spiritual teachers who only have contact with disciples or followers, who may live in an ashram.”
“Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.”

Source : Lois Wyse (2011). “Funny, You Don't Look Like a Grandmother”, p.39, Harmony
“I don't have favourites, I think, when you play, you have to be like a prostitute, you have to love the piece you are playing. Even if you don't like it, you have to play it as if you would like it. Then you are a good interpreter.”
“Insanity hovered close at hand, like an eager waiter at an expensive restaurant.”

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