"It is from the level of calamities, not that of every-day life, that we learn impressive and useful lessons."

-- William Makepeace Thackeray

#Levels Quotes #Lessons Quotes #Calamity Quotes

“'Tampopo' is a deeply odd film about Japan, ramen noodles, love and sex. It made me very hungry and desperate to travel to Japan. It started my love affair with this amazing country, its culture, its food, its cinema and made me buy my first ticket to the land of the rising sun.”
“People sometimes ask if I want to be a solo artist, but it just wouldn't be any fun being on your own.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I'm delighted to make as many people feel ashamed as possible. There's probably a site like that for everybody. I've heard Newt Gingrich has his own as well.”
“Iâ€™d say that music is my wife, acting's my mistress â€“ I like 'em both, so I hope I donâ€™t have to choose.”
“Eleanor Roosevelt doesn't ever do anything that is going to hurt her husband. She tries things out on him. She gets permission to do things. The amazing thing, I think, historically, is that he says, "Go do it. If you can make this happen, I'll follow you."”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“Jesus was God and man in one person, that God and man might be happy together again.”
“Wages is a cunning device of the devil, for the benefit of tender consciences, who would retain all the advantages of the slave system, without the expense, trouble, and odium of being slave-holders.”

Source : Richard M. Reinsch, II, Orestes Augustus Brownson (2016). “Seeking the Truth: An Orestes Brownson Anthology”, p.171, CUA Press
“Imagination is a place where all the important answers live.”

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