"I first went to Barcelona in 1975 after university, and I stayed for three years. I learnt Catalan because that's what everyone speaks in the mountains. They speak English to foreigners, but what people say to each other is much more important than what they say to you."

-- Colm Toibin

#Years Quotes #People Quotes #Important Quotes

“I am so fascinated with this century it will help keep me alive. I'll be there until the last minute, fighting.”

Source : "Berenice Abbott: the photography trailblazer who had supersight" by Sean O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2015.
“Elegance is a discipline of life.”

Source : "We're Obsessed: Oscar de la Renta's Pre-Fall Enamel Bracelets" by Kerry Pieri, www.harpersbazaar.com. December 20, 2011.
“I feel like acting is something I've been working towards longer. And it would be great to win a Grammy, of course, but for some reason, an Oscar speaks more to me.”
“Try this thought experiment. Pretend you're a tyrant. Among your many liberty-destroying objectives are extermination of blacks, Jews and Catholics. Which would you prefer, a United States with political power centralized in Washington, powerful government agencies with detailed information on Americans and compliant states or power widely dispersed over 50 states, thousands of local jurisdictions and a limited federal government?”
“I think that headband and that brylcreem and that gel on his hair will do him no good should we get it on.”
“I have had the experience common to many women, of needing to define myself and to find my self-esteem as a person, not simply as somebody's wife or mother.”
“What is hard work? It takes strength, energy, and stress to truly care about others enough to place oneself last, but it is easy to wrap oneself up and selfishly scramble on the heads of others.”
“Knowledge is only potential power.”

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